Pesticides, habitat loss, and light pollution are threatening firefly populations worldwide, but even in urban areas, some lightning bugs continue to shine.

Less than 20 miles southeast of Columbia lies more than 20,000 acres of bottomland and upland forest nestled around the ...

For visitors to the National Park unfairly voted the worst to visit due to its many mosquitoes, there is a way to anticipate just how bad these biters may be. The Mosquito Meter or “Skeeter Meter” at ...

A rare species of synchronous firefly put on a dazzling light show at Congaree National Park each year. But various threats to U.S. national parks raise questions about the future of the rare ...

Deep in the pitch-black woodlands of Congaree National Park lives a mysterious insect that draws thousands of onlookers each year. The forest is dead quiet at night, aside from the chirping of ...

Fireflies at Congaree National Park flash in unision in this file photo from 2016. Only a few lucky winners get a chance to see the natural light show each year, which is currently protected by ...

One of America's least-visited and smallest national parks is hiding a magical forest of old-growth trees rooted in a ...

National Parks in the Southeast US include 60+ parks in 9 states and two US Territories: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kent ...

For a few weeks in late spring, thousands of fireflies emerge at the Congaree National Park in South Carolina to blink in synchrony. This natural phenomenon draws thousands of visitors whose ...