Most of the blinking signals that fireflies send out are intended to attract mates. But researchers are finding that, in some cases, these romantic overtures are not all wine and roses. Females of one ...

In Japanese folk traditions, they symbolize departing souls or silent, ardent love. Some Indigenous cultures in the Peruvian Andes view them as the eyes of ghosts. And across various Western cultures, ...

A firefly in Utah. Entomologists at BYU and the University of Utah are researching firefly patterns in the state. (Seth Bybee) Seth Bybee stands on the edge of a lake swarming with hippos and ...

MinnPost’s reporting is always free, but it isn’t free to produce. We rely on donations from our readers to fund our independent journalism. WASHINGTON — For two weeks every June, busloads of visitors ...

Anyone interested in getting a little closer to nature may be interested in a new gadget which has been designed by Joey Stein based in New York called the Firefly Communicator. The Firefly ...

The incredibly resilient and strong structures made by nature are often at the heart of scientific research. Back in 2012, South Korean scientists took observations made of fireflies to make an ...

Suppose also that seeing a neighboring flash yanks a firefly’s pace-setting pendulum a little bit forward or back. Even if the fireflies start off out of sync with each other, or their preferred ...