As temperatures warm up and humid weather returns, lightning bugs and fireflies will emerge for 1-2 months. We also have ways ...

And these lightning bugs with their flickering light shows make ... What's the secret to its glow? In the 19th century, French pharmacologist Raphaël Dubois, working with bioluminescent clams ...

If you loved the glowing plants in the movie "Avatar," you can now have one of your own. The company Light Bio has ...

Glow-worms are a group of beetles that use their luminosity to help them flag down an appropriate mate. Glow-worms belong to the family Lampyridae. The beetles in this group are commonly known as ...

Depending on where you grew up, you may call them fireflies, lightning bugs, glow bugs. They have different names, but their familiar glow always signaled the beginning of summer. Across the ...

Fireflies, also known as lightning bugs, are beetles that use bioluminescence for mating. Fireflies are beneficial insects that pollinate, prey on pests, and contribute to medical research.

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 ...