For some children, one of their fondest summer memories is catching a firefly in their hands and watching it glow while it sits in their palm. These fireflies (or lightning bugs, glow flies or moon ...

It’s twilight on a warm May evening at the Congaree National Park in Hopkins, South Carolina. A wooden boardwalk weaves through cypress knees, and towering loblolly pines. A viewing platform holds the ...

Synchronous fireflies, known as Photuris frontalis, blink in the woods near the Congaree River on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. Congaree National Park holds an annual event for visitors ...

For a few weeks in late spring, thousands of fireflies emerge at the Congaree National Park in South Carolina to blink in synchrony. Scientists... It’s twilight on a warm May evening at the Congaree ...