With summer upon us, many are longing for those quintessential outside summer activities—like watching fireflies. Or, depending where you’re from, lightning bugs. Well, now you can do the next best ...

Every year for two weeks between mid-May and mid-June, Congaree National Park in South Carolina is home to a fairy-tale-like display of flashing lights. These rhythmic performances happen all because ...

It happens every year, but its still an illuminating sight to behold. Fireflies in the woods of Great Smoky Mountains National Park will put on their annual synchronous light show in early June. Peak ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Each year thousands come to the mountains to see the synchronous firefly light up the night sky. Synchronous fireflies, whose scientific name is Photinus carolinus, are one ...

The incidence of hot, dry, and windy days conducive to wildfires has tripled globally over 45 years, driven by climate change ...