What's the secret to its glow? In the 19th century ... with male fireflies attracting female fireflies of the same species by flashing a distinctive, recognizable pattern. So those lights ...

The firefly (also known as the lightning bug ... that females will choose mates based on the intensity and rate of their flash patterns. The glow also serves as a kind of warning to predators.

An curved arrow pointing right. Fireflies are a trademark of summer. We're all familiar with their glowing tails, but how do they produce that glow and why do they ...

Researchers have shed new light on the color of the glow that fireflies gave off about 100 million years ago by re-creating the luminescent enzyme from one the species possess today. The beetles ...