On one level, we have fireflies figured out. We know the enzyme they use to make light (called luciferase), as well as the chemicals they use in the light-generating reaction. We know them so well ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: There are over 2,000 individual firefly species, all within the taxonomic family of Lampyridae, which is pretty easy to remember. And these lightning ...

LONDON The mysterious secret of how fireflies control when they glow is starting to be unravelled. A study published in 29 June Science, has discovered that the key chemical that fireflies need to ...

In A Nutshell Researchers spent five years at Congaree National Park measuring how individual Photuris frontalis fireflies ...

A new study looks at the development of a firefly's light-emitting organs. Neat, thanks for sharing. Coincidentally, on my other computer screen I'm working with the DNA sequence of firefly luciferase ...