Every year for two weeks between mid-May and mid-June, Congaree National Park in South Carolina is home to a fairy-tale-like display of flashing lights. These rhythmic performances happen all because ...

Learn how fireflies synchronize their flashes — and how that natural coordination could inspire future small‑scale robotics.

Fireflies on display above a creek in Forest County, Pennsylvania. Sarah Lower, an assistant professor of biology at Bucknell University, and student Susan Deering were catching fireflies on a recent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A synchronous firefly event in Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Photinus carolinus fireflies annually flash in ...

Park staff and community partners are gearing up for a celebration of the annual synchronous fireflies which will soon appear at Congaree National Park. The synchronous fireflies are a rare phenomenon ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host its annual viewing opportunity for synchronous fireflies in June despite some operational changes. Vehicle lottery and peak view dates are expected to be ...