In a state where lightning bugs are a rare sight, these recent appearances are delightful and intriguing. Here's what to know ...

And these lightning bugs with their flickering light shows make summer nights feel all the more magical and romantic. But how did fireflies manage to catch lightning in a bottle? The answer is ...

The big picture: These blinking beetles go by many names — lightning bugs, fireflies, glowworms, Golden Sparklers and fire bugs, to name a few — but whatever you call them, their numbers are ...

In the United States, glowing insects are known as "fireflies" or "lightning bugs" depending on where you live. "Firefly" is the more common term in the West and New England, while people in the ...

There are threats to fireflies as well ... The name firefly, lightning bug or glow worm can be interchanged and belongs to the beetle family of which there are more than 2,000.

(CN) — Moving to protect the distinctive lightning bugs that call the Delaware coast home ... “Protecting Bethany Beach fireflies under the Endangered Species Act would be a tremendous step toward ...