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Learn more about firefly population decline, and how it might not be too late for these glowing insects to bounce back.

Researchers warn that firefly populations are declining globally due to habitat loss, light pollution, pesticide use, and ...

Kolkata: Two new species of fireflies have been discovered by a city researcher who has been studying these fascinating ...

Although home to dozens of species, firefly numbers in NC are declining due to factors including loss of habitat and light ...

Tan Wei Jack and his mentor Wan Faridah Akmal Jusoh made huge waves in the insect community when they rediscovered a ...

The strobing light show occurs at the end of the firefly’s life cycle. Male fireflies flash and sparkle as female watch coyly from the underbrush, before signaling to a male to come on down.

While exploring the Belgian countryside, he lifted a stone and found a treasure: the larvae of a common glow-worm, a firefly species widespread in Europe, Africa, and Asia. While running back to ...

Of those, 13 have been identified at Bernheim, including a rare species called the “blue ghost” which emits a dim, blue-green glow and is usually active from May to June. The blue ghost is one of a ...