Every year in the lush forests of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, mating fireflies put on a spectacular display. After the summer sky dims, the bioluminescent beetles flash greenish yellow ...

SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. — This year's synchronous firefly event in the Smokies was canceled due to COVID-19. The non-profit group Discover Life in America is hosting a virtual version on YouTube. You can ...

This is the time of the year the Great Smoky Mountains National Park would be buzzing - and glowing - with the spectacular natural phenomenon of synchronous fireflies and the hordes of humans who come ...

You can believe your eyes because lightning bugs really are coordinating their nightly glows. By Sabrina Imbler Swarms of synchronous fireflies are rather like melting ice, or at least that’s how ...

While other fireflies flash their lights, Blue Ghosts will glow up to one minute at a time, emitting a blueish light instead of the more common yellow light. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The flashes of fireflies on a warm summer ...

Orit Peleg receives funding from the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks, CU Boulder's Timmerhaus Fund Ambassadors, National Geographic Society, and Research Cooperation for Science ...

Canon have released a new video of their new extreme low-light capable sensor which showcases the ability to shoot Fireflies! The new sensor is a 35mm full frame CMOS sensor developed by Canon with ...