The Northern Lights get more headlines. Fourth of July fireworks are noisier. But there’s another nighttime spectacle that’s quietly magical: fireflies. And you can see them by the dozens at the ...

Remember those glowing wonders you’d catch in your hands on a warm summer night? Whether you called them fireflies, lightning bugs, glow flies or moon bugs, these beautiful bioluminescent creatures ...

-- Another name for fireflies is lightning bugs. -- Fireflies are beetles. (They are neither bugs nor flies!) -- Different species have different color "lights," ranging from yellow-green to green to ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and BPR, a public radio station serving western North Carolina. It’s firefly season in the Blue Ridge. As the sun goes down, they ...