Firefly watchers navigate trails with the use of red lights during the synchronous firefly viewing at Elkmont Campground in Gatlinburg, Tenn., June 5, 2025. Marie Vonderheide came from New Orleans ...

There are 19 species of firefly in the park. That includes the blue ghost, which stays lit for seconds at a time and flies low to the ground; the big dipper or J firefly, named for its swooping ...

Researchers have confirmed 10 species of fireflies, also called “illumining” insects, including synchronous fireflies, blue ghost fireflies and glowworms, according to Grandfather Mountain ...

They're out there, but seeing fireflies in Wilmington sometimes requires a little work Although home to dozens of species, firefly numbers in NC are declining due to factors including loss of ...

The firefly was released back into its habitat. AP Photo. A male firefly of the Photuris genus pauses on a leaf late Friday, June 21, near ... but scientists have created a map of where to look, ...

The map this year adds more than 100 miles of streams across the state, all current habitats for sensitive, ... Oregon expands its map of critical fish habitat throughout the state.

"Magical" synchronous firefly display lights up Great Smoky Mountains National Park. George Fabe Russell. Hendersonville Times-News. ... vacated when the park was established in the 1930s – still ...

There are 19 species of firefly in the park. That includes the blue ghost, which stays lit for seconds at a time and flies low to the ground; the big dipper or J firefly, named for its swooping ...

There are 19 species of firefly in the park. That includes the blue ghost, which stays lit for seconds at a time and flies low to the ground; the big dipper or J firefly, named for its swooping ...

A long, slow-moving trail of light created by a Blue Ghost firefly is visible late Saturday, June 22, 2024, near Cincinnati. Fireflies produce a chemical reaction inside their bodies, allowing ...

Firefly researcher and guide Matthew Speights looks through a magnifier at a firefly in a specimen bag on Friday, June 21, 2024, near Cincinnati. The firefly was released back into its habitat ...

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 the summer evenings of his own ...