(WJW) – Have you noticed that there might be fewer lightning bugs or fireflies flying around than in past years? The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has the reason why. According to a ...

When an editor called to ask if I could photograph a story about fireflies in Mexico, I didn’t check my schedule before I said yes. I’d seen these insects light up the forests in Tlaxcala once ...

The flashing lights of fireflies serve one primary purpose: mating. Male fireflies fly through the night, flashing a ...

Fireflies aren't the only creatures that have ... Some species, the males actually give paired flashes, so they'll fly along and then go bleep, bleep, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Males can fly and are distinguishable from females by the hard wing ... Instead they produce a sustained stream of light. In non-glow-worm fireflies, males and females communicate by both flashing ...