Every year at this time, just about when the sky is lit by Independence Day celebrations, our night skies are lit by, for me, an equally compelling light show– the flashing of fireflies. And this year ...

The first firefly of the year appeared in my yard in late April. Since then, numbers have increased until they are now more common than I’ve seen in years. It seems appropriate that as Independence ...

A small portion of wetlands in northern Monroe County is attracting not only a special species of firefly but also the biologists who study them. Flashes of yellow-green light that lasts for only 5 to ...

We inhabit a planet that overflows with an abundance of life: penguins and pandas, owls and orchids, zebras and zooplankton. But few things are as wonderful, magical and totally unknown as the firefly ...

Thousands of fireflies in the eastern US and Southeast Asia exhibit breathtaking synchronized flashing, a phenomenon now ...

Earlier this month, I visited the Smoky Mountain National Park in hopes of capturing the annual firefly “light show” on camera — but it took some seriously creative thinking to make it happen. Above: ...