Fireflies twinkle and dim like stars right in your own backyard. But how do they glow and why? Fireflies — also known as lightning bugs — are a type of beetle. They mostly use their light to “talk” to ...

Fireflies, otherwise known as lightning bugs, are known for their ability to glow at night. According to the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, fireflies are actually not flies, but are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Remember those glowing wonders you’d catch in your hands on a warm summer night? Whether you called them fireflies, lightning bugs ...

(WHTM) — It is a sure sign of summer when you begin to see those lightning bugs (or fireflies) glow across the land. But have you ever wondered how these bugs glow, and why? North Carolina State ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lightning bugs are not the only thing glowing in Iowa gardens this summer. Firefly petunias were sold at select flower nurseries ...

Fireflies, sometimes called lightning bugs, are actually a type of beetle, so they’re not a true fly. In Wisconsin and the Great Lakes area there are about two dozen or more different species of ...

Fireflies, also known as lightning bugs, are known for their ability to glow at night. According to the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, fireflies are not actually flies, but are a form ...

Bruce Branchini, Ph.D., from Connecticut College and colleagues at Yale University have recreated the firefly's glow in the lab. This bright discovery, published in a recent issue of the Journal of ...

Lightning bugs are not the only thing glowing in Iowa gardens this summer. Firefly petunias were sold at select flower nurseries around Iowa, with some locations selling out of the glowing flowers. At ...