Whether you call them lightning bugs or fireflies (yes, they are the same thing), ... British and Irish Lions dominate Force in the opening … 5 hours ago. Marketplace.

In Australia's Illawarra region, a ghostbusting-style night tour reveals ghost fungi, sea sparkles and tiny creatures lighting up the dark.

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Fireflies are vanishing—but you can help protect them. Experts offer tips on how to make a home for the beloved bioluminescent insects in your own backyard—from creating a microhabitat to ...

A new hypothesis for how fireflies got their glow. For years, scientists believed that the bright lights emitted from fireflies in the Lampyridae family first evolved as a warning signal to predators.

In the paddy fields and around the ponds of central China, a common species of orb-weaving spider builds new webs every evening at sunset, allowing it to entrap fireflies that begin to flash ...

Male fireflies trapped in the spider’s web flash femalelike lights, possibly luring in other flying males and allowing the arachnid to stock up on food.