It would not be summer in New Jersey without fireflies. However, they are facing numerous threats. A look at our local lightning bug population.

So astrobiologists work a lot at universities. Some of them work in government labs. and send them out to observe other ...

Lightning bugs, also known as fireflies, are believed to be declining in Illinois, likely due to habitat loss and light pollution. Research on the decline is limited, partly due to the nocturnal ...

Green mold on trees? Hearing cicadas? Missing lightning bugs? Learn about the latest concerns in central Ohio and get your questions answered.

Fire officials in Overland Park say a lightning strike is the likely cause of a large fire that destroyed a home early Thursday morning.

How to Stay Safe When Lightning Strikes Summer is a busy time for lightning strikes, which kill about 20 people and injure many others across the United States each year, officials said.

A 28-year-old man has died roughly a week after he was struck by lightning while playing golf at a course in Hardyston.

The delivery driver approached the front door of a home in Wayne, New Jersey, when a bolt of lightning struck the ground behind him, startling him.

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — A home in the Forest area was struck by lightning Wednesday, according to the Brookeville-Timberlake Fire Department. The strike happened at a home on Tyler Terrace.

It was another warm, humid evening recently, and a Bethlehem backyard was filled with eye-catching streaks of yellow-green. Lightning bugs, or fireflies, were silently moving about, using ...

Penn’s Woods: Pennsylvania’s Great Outdoors Lightning bugs are enjoying this summer’s weather. Here’s how you can help keep them around. Published: Jul. 05, 2025, 8:00 a.m.