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Fireflies

Many firefly flashes light up a field in Indiana.
Are Fireflies Going Extinct? Here Are Six Ways To Make Sure They Survive
Fireflies flashing in the Nevada night
Secrets of the Nevada Nighttime (No, It’s Not Aliens)
Firefly in a backyard
Protecting Invertebrates – Even When We Can’t See Them
Yellow/green flashes at dusk from Southwest spring fireflies near grazing cattle
ESA Petition Filed to Protect Southern Arizona’s Southwest Spring Firefly
Florida intertidal firefly larva crawling on some rocks
ESA Petition filed to protect the Florida intertidal firefly (Micronaspis floridana)
Loopy five firefly flash pattern, with 2 semi-circular flashes and 3 short blips forming a circle
ESA Petition Filed to Protect the Loopy Five Firefly, a Southeastern Lightning Bug
A participant uses their iphone camera to photograph a firefly in a petri dish
New Firefly Atlas Will Put Beloved Beetles on the Map
Fireflies at dusk outside a lit house. (Photo: Jerry Lai, Flickr.com.)
World Firefly Day: Keeping Fireflies in the Neighborhood
Synchronous fireflies line a path through Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Photo: Radim Schreiber, fireflyexperience.org)
Sparking a Sustainable Firefly Tourism Movement
Bicellonycha wickershamorum AZ. Photo: Scott Cylwik
New Report: State of the Fireflies of the US and Canada
A close up of a firefly. The firefly is mostly black, with some red patches behind its head and pale brown edges to its shell. It is standing on a narrow green leaf as it flashes its green light.
World Firefly Day: Watch Us, Don’t Catch Us!
In daylight, most fireflies don't look so magical. This big dipper firefly is mostly black, with pale brown margins to it's body and a red patch on the top of it's thorax.
Shedding Light on Firefly Natural History and Distributions through Community Science
A glow-worm with an elongated and segmented body of dark brown with pink stripes
Supporting Firefly Conservation from Coast to Coast
A female glow-worm is a rather bizarre-looking animal, with a large, bright pink segmented body.
Latest Update to the IUCN Red List Includes First Global Assessments for Fireflies, with a Spotlight on North America
A female firefly flashes from her perch on the tip of a curving twig
A female firefly flashes from her perch on the tip of a curving twig
Hope Rising: World Firefly Day
Meandering yellow-green streaks weave through a darkening forest with a thick understory of ferns, in this long-exposure shot of fireflies.
Conserving the Jewels of the Night
A purple and maroon night sky is lit by curving, white star trails, and the darkened area of the frame with silhouettes of trees is illuminated by the yellow streaks of fireflies in this long-exposure shot.
Celebrate World Firefly Day by Keeping Nights Dark
A beetle perches on a leaf.
Taking a Stand for Firefly Species Facing Extinction
A glowing green mason jar contains a few fireflies.
Keeping the Lights Burning: The Status of Fireflies in the United States and Canada