Every year for two weeks between mid-May and mid-June, Congaree National Park in South Carolina is home to a fairy-tale-like display of flashing... The magic — and science — of synchronous firefly ...

We rushed home to see them. My wife and I had spent a week in the Pacific Northwest celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary (it was 10 years ago this June that the Supreme Court made marriage ...

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 ...

GATLINBURG, TN – They came out one by one and then all at once, swarming the underbrush and pooling in the hollows, blinking crazily like fiber optic filaments in a planetarium or outer space-themed ...

Fireflies. Lightning bugs. Whatever you call the little beetles, they’re a beautiful evening spectacle — illuminating the dusky woodlands with a spectral and fleeting glow all their own. Over 2,000 ...

The fireflies' annual synchronous light show in the woods of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is something to behold. It's a sight you don’t want to miss, even if you weren’t one of the lucky ...

It was about 10:30 pm, the darkness so inky you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face. The leafy boughs of late-spring trees blocked even the starlight. My friend whispered, “Do you want to see ...

CORRYTON, Tenn. (WATE) — Synchronous fireflies are famous in the Smokies, but that is not the only place in Tennessee where the bugs can be found. People are invited to observe the rare phenomenon at ...

Every year for two weeks between mid-May and mid-June, Congaree National Park in South Carolina is home to a fairy-tale-like display of flashing lights. These rhythmic performances happen all because ...