Advanced alien civilizations might not be whispering across the cosmos with radio waves at all, but instead flickering like ...

This time of year is when Anna Walker, who directs the Western Firefly Project in New Mexico, gets a few false reports in her ...

Firefly populations in Louisiana and globally are declining due to habitat loss, pesticides and light pollution. LSU AgCenter scientists are leading a project in Jean Lafitte to restore firefly ...

Sheet web spiders weaponize firefly glow, using their trapped prey as living beacons to catch even more victims. Credit: Tunghai University Deep in Taiwan’s forests, researchers uncovered a chilling ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Columbia Fireflies scored a total of 13 runs in the sixth and seventh innings in a 15-10 win over Lynchburg in game 2 of the Carolina League Championship Series. That sets up a ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Columbia Fireflies won big Tuesday night in their second game against the Lynchburg Hillcats, taking the Carolina League Championship Series to a third winner-takes-all game.

Columbia Fireflies outfielder Luke Nowak (26) celebrates after hitting a home run during Game 2 of the Carolina League Championship Series between the Fireflies and the Hillcats at Segra Park on ...

Fireflies light up landscapes at night using captivating bioluminescent displays in search of mates. Some enterprising spiders have now learned to turn those glowing invitations into deadly dinner ...

In Taiwan’s forests, researchers discovered a clever hunting trick by the sheet web spider Psechrus clavis. Instead of immediately devouring captured fireflies, the spiders allow them to glow in the ...

A swath of Granite Staters saw their backyards lit up this summer. Not from streetlamps and not from their porch lights, but from small, electric bugs that experienced a resurgence in the region this ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Warm, early summer evenings in the Tri-State are often speckled with the flashing of fireflies. However, due to recent challenges that fireflies and their habitats have faced, ...

When I was a kid, my friends and I spent long summer days outdoors, picking daisies, observing roly-poly (also known as pill) bugs, holding caterpillars and trying to catch fireflies (lightning bugs).