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Firefly

Fireflies glow along Japan's Hino River some 450 miles west of Tokyo.

How A ‘Firefly Course’ Is Saving Japan’s Favorite Glowing Insect

At the Moriyama City Firefly Forest Museum, nurturing Genji fireflies comes with homework.

Shoshi Parks July 25, 2023

Blue ghost fireflies (<em>Phausis reticulata</em>) zigzag through an Appalachian forest.

Photographing Fireflies, a Love Story

An award-winning photographer shares what these bioluminescent insects have taught him—and how you can capture their beauty.

Emily Dieckman May 24, 2023

Podcast: The Pennsylvania Firefly Festival

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team October 21, 2021

Firefly populations seem to be flickering in many spots around the world. The insects are pictured here in the Santuario de las Luciernagas, in Tlaxcala, Mexico, in 2017.

The 21st Century Might Not Be So Magical for Fireflies

Experts are flashing a warning for the future.

Jessica Leigh Hester February 4, 2020

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Synchronous Fireflies of the Great Smoky Mountains

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.