Alan Lightman collects images of amazement and delight from the natural world.

They form the Lampyridae family and are sometimes called glowworms or lightning bugs. Fireflies are often found in temperate and tropical climates inhabiting wet, wooded areas. Fireflies are ...

ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – Those magical summer dusk scenes we shared as children featuring fireflies are slowly becoming extinct. Depending on where you grew up, you may call them fireflies, lightning ...

Spread across the country like a vast and sparkling tapestry, China’s lightning bugs could surely be considered a national ... over 17 million live fireflies were purchased in 2016. Most were sold ...

The green gardening practice known as Leave the Leaves isn’t closely tracked, but a recent poll from the National Wildlife Federation found that 15% of Americans leave their leaves in their yards, and ...

And I get all the lightning bugs,” said Swayne ... “We’re the only yard that has fireflies.” Firefly larvae need damp places — such as layers of fallen leaves — in order to grow ...

the young Patty didn’t worry about the state of the world while chasing fireflies with her brothers on the front porch steps ...