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, ...

The sun sets, the air cools and the last wisps of smoky aroma from the grill wafts away. It is the epitome of a summer night in the Midwest. The only thing left to make it more perfect is seeing soft ...

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 ...

For many of us, seeing fireflies light up the night is one of the more pleasant signs that summer has arrived. But what's behind their sparkling flights? And what can we do to bring more of these ...

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 ...

Fireflies are lighting up summer evenings across the U.S. Northeast, putting on dazzling shows in backyards and city parks. There's no official count, but experts say a particularly wet spring may ...

I’ve spent a lot of time sitting in people’s backyards, near a dying bonfire, watching fireflies blink on and off in the distance. It wasn’t always this way — I used to see them every single night in ...

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 ...