One in three North American firefly species may be at risk of extinction. Habitat destruction, water pollution, and light pollution are major threats to fireflies. Firefly ecotourism is promoting ...

No doubt over the years you’ve spotted a few fireflies lighting up your backyard. Or seen a swarm of them, sometimes called a “sparkle,” on your way back from a walk in the woods. Fireflies — or ...

To get this photo, Fireflies and Farm Road, Radim Schreiber drove out into the Iowa countryside in 2020. It is a 30-second exposure with a telephoto lens. (Radim Schreiber) Buy Photo Like many Iowans, ...

Perhaps once collected in a jar or observed from the palm of your hand, fireflies are curious creatures that communicate via a yellow glow. They are especially chatty on hot summer nights. Fireflies ...

The intermittent yellow lights flashing in my backyard have reminded me of one of my favorite beneficial insects, the lightningbug (or firefly). Did you know it was also selected as Indiana’s state ...

For as long as humans can remember, a mysterious sparkle on warm summer nights turned the evening magical, as kids raced through yards and fields to get a closer look at that sparkle. It would be ...

For as long as I can remember, I have loved fireflies. I can easily recall, just like many other people, catching them to put them in a jar. Seeing them all fly out at once was nothing short of ...

Around the globe, scientists are reporting an overall decline in the firefly population. But don't tell that to many Milwaukeeans as they see their backyards aglow with dancing lights this summer. The ...

Fireflies light up at Hummel Park in Omaha on Monday, June 30, 2025. Beatriz Swanson can remember the first time she saw the blinking glow. She was 10 years old, growing up in Mexico, when two ...

Cue the fireflies. Summer has arrived. Every summer, I am homesick for my little friends who turned the warm evenings of my Virginia girlhood into magic skies. I’m homesick not just for the fun of ...