Scientists think glow-worm populations are falling due to light pollution from street lights. The small critters are actually a type of beetle, and use the glowing light on their bottoms to attract ...

Nights on Earth are getting brighter with the spread of human light pollution, reducing humankind’s visibility of the cosmos. But the brightening night is also messing with glow-worms, spunky insects ...

Female glow-worms attract males with a chemical reaction in their abdomen. Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock The invention of electric light has extended our lives deeper into the night: street lamps ...

DENVER (KDVR) — After the sun went down in late June, one Bailey resident found something lighting up on the ground outside her back deck. Just outside in a rocky area, Elizabeth Fuller said she found ...

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Here’s what you can do to protect firefly populations in your own backyard, including how to make your yard more ...

Bright artificial lights dazzle glow-worms, an effect that could drive the glimmering insects to extinction, researchers have found 1. Female glow-worms (Lampyris noctiluca) emit green light from ...

Fireflies, otherwise known as lightning bugs, are known for their ability to glow at night. According to the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, fireflies are actually not flies, but are ...

The invention of electric light has extended our lives deeper into the night: street lamps help us travel more safely outdoors, while lighting indoors lets us work and play for longer. Entire stadiums ...