Scientists think glow-worm populations are falling due to light pollution from street lights. The small critters are actually a type of beetle, and use the glowing light on their bottoms to attract ...

Nights on Earth are getting brighter with the spread of human light pollution, reducing humankind’s visibility of the cosmos. But the brightening night is also messing with glow-worms, spunky insects ...

Here, an extreme closeup on a mysterious glow worm that was discovered in the Peruvian rainforest A mysterious glowing worm has been discovered lighting up the soil in the Peruvian rainforest. The ...

A colony of glow worms has been "thriving" at a country park despite a decline in the insect's population across the UK. The National Trust said it had seen more of the beetles at Sheringham Park in ...

Some people pay to witness glow-worms' breeding season in June and July. It’s late at night on the South Downs as a group of ardent wildlife spotters gather round a pair of glow-worms appearing to ...

The bright lights of big cities are wonders of the modern world; intended to help us work, stay safe and enjoy the world around us long after the sun has set. While artificial light has been great for ...

Fourth of July fireworks are spectacular…and loud…but nature produces a quiet summer spectacle of its own in the light show of fireflies. Who as a child has not ...

A mysterious glowing worm has been discovered lighting up the soil in the Peruvian rainforest. The strange glow worms, which are thought to be the larval stage of an as-yet-unidentified species of ...