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A map depicting Firefly Watch survey locations (white circles) from 2008 to 16 across the eastern United States overlaid upon the US Cropland Data Layer 2016. Credit: Science of The Total ...

One in three firefly species in North America may be at risk of extinction, according to a study by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. The firefly population could be declining ...

The most threatened species of firefly, the Bethany beach firefly (Photuris bethaniensis) is found only along a 32-kilometer (20–mile) stretch of coast in the U.S. state of Delaware, where it ...

There are about 170 species of lightning bugs living in North America, according to Firefly Research and Conservation (FRC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the insects.

In the United States, glowing insects are known as "fireflies" or "lightning bugs" depending on where you live. There's an interesting theory to explain why the two competing terms emerged, and it ...