Firefly fans who'd like to see lightning bugs year-round are out of luck. The insect, which is a type of beetle, is usually seen only between spring and summer, with different species emerging at ...

Perhaps once collected in a jar or observed from the palm of your hand, fireflies are curious creatures that communicate via a yellow glow. They are especially chatty on hot summer nights. Fireflies ...

A firefly sits on a leaf at a nature area in Columbia. Scientists say loss of wild lands has led to diminishing numbers of lightning bugs over time. There are more than 40 species of fireflies in ...

Wet spring, mild winter was conducive to a bountiful year A winter that was slightly warmer than the historical average and a wet spring helped firefly larvae thrive underground during a critical ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (KOAA) — Since 2017, Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster has been gathering, studying, and working to raise Colorado fireflies; this year (2025), they successfully replicated the ...

An impressive milestone has been achieved by a research team at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado, as it became the first institution to complete the life cycle of the native Colorado ...