Beetles are intriguing insects that come in many shapes and sizes. These characteristics are also the easiest way to distinguish the critters, aside from location. With over 400,000 identified species ...

For some children, one of their fondest summer memories is catching a firefly in their hands and watching it glow while it sits in their palm. These fireflies (or lightning bugs, glow flies or moon ...

For many Americans, fireflies (or lightning bugs, depending on where you live) are an iconic sign of summer, lighting up warm evenings with their twinkling glow. Fireflies are little beetles in the ...

It’s not easy counting fireflies. Across North America, there are an estimated 170 fireflies species, which are technically beetles in the order Coleoptera, but inventorying them is a challenge. While ...

DELAWARE SEASHORE STATE PARK, Del. (AP) — On a muggy July evening, Delaware state biologist Jason Davis is doing what kids have done for ages: Trying to catch a firefly. It’s nowhere near as easy as ...

For a few weeks in late spring, thousands of fireflies emerge at the Congaree National Park in South Carolina to blink in synchrony. Scientists... It’s twilight on a warm May evening at the Congaree ...