Picture this: you’ve waited years to get into Congaree National Park’s annual firefly event. On the night you finally get to go, as you’re ooh-ing and ahh-ing at the beautiful twinkling fireflies, you ...

To get this photo, Fireflies and Farm Road, Radim Schreiber drove out into the Iowa countryside in 2020. It is a 30-second exposure with a telephoto lens. (Radim Schreiber) Buy Photo Like many Iowans, ...

An orb-weaver spider wraps a male firefly in silk while it flashes from its lanterns. Male fireflies typically signal with multiple pulses using two lanterns, while females emit single pulses from one ...