Whether you call them fireflies or lightning bugs, these glowing little beetles are a quintessential summer experience in the South—so much so that they’re even one of the state insects of Tennessee.

UPDATE: We have embedded an interactive map into this Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom guide, to help you with tracking down Sunset Fireflies across Hyrule. In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, ...

Until recently, I’ve never seen fireflies. I’ve lived in Massachusetts for 25 years, and only now have I spotted them in my yard. I want to help you find fireflies in nature and make your backyard ...

A ticket to the annual Great Smoky Mountain synchronous firefly summer event can be hard to snag. Seeing the fireflies’ blinking-in-unison routine, deemed a “Christmas tree light show” by our in-state ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter. It's firefly season in the Blue Ridge. As the sun goes down, they begin to blink and glow along the water, in the ...

Sometimes fireflies shouldn’t follow the light. A single flash from a female usually helps male Abscondita terminalis fireflies find her among tall grasses at dusk. Males are showier, giving off ...

Synchronous fireflies in the woods at Elkmont in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Radim Schreiber for Great Smoky Mountains National Park A ticket to the annual Great Smoky Mountain synchronous ...