The insect, which is a type of beetle ... come out later in the year as you move farther north. The fireflies people see ...

A nearly 100 million-year-old firefly fossilized in amber sheds light on how the bioluminescent insects evolved during the ...

You’ve probably seen or heard at least once in your lifetime about fireflies – the famous light-emitting insects! They form ...

The name firefly, lightning bug or glow worm can be interchanged and ... beetles are distinguished by two pair of wings, one soft pair for flying and an outer hard pair called elytra for protection.

The female insects are wingless and cannot fly ... Chief Raoni Metuktire's fight to save the Amazon rainforest "The male fireflies were flying around, giving the illusion of twinkling, while ...

That means that for each and every one of us humans, there are 1.25 billion insects hopping, buzzing, and flying about. A new ...

A strange fossil firefly found trapped in amber in Myanmar is shedding new light on the origin of glowing insects, scientists say. Several deepsea fish, mushrooms and insects are capable of ...

When dinosaurs roamed Earth, their surroundings looked very different than the world of today. But there were also some similarities. And now scientists have confirmed a new one: Diverse firefly ...

Most insects of this species have soft bodies, though, making it hard to find fossils and trace the origin of the bioluminescence. Firefly species Flammarionella hehaikuni uncovered from mid ...

But because firefly remains from this period can be difficult to come by since the insects’ softer bodies don’t preserve well in the fossil record, the evolution of the beetles and their ...