Imagine standing under a sky painted with vibrant hues of green, purple, and pink. That's precisely what you experience when ...

In the Elkmont and Metcalf Bottoms area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, blue ghost fireflies (Phausis reticulata) are a counterpart to the famous synchronous fireflies (Photinus carolinus) ...

For those who grew up in certain parts of the country (or the world), fireflies are practically synonymous with summer. And witnessing their sparkle on a warm summer evening can be a magical ...

These are the top four spots to watch the big show, from blue-light fireflies to synchronous shows. Synchronous fireflies during their mating season at Great Smokey National Park (Getty) Each June, ...

If you could barely contain yourself when Minecraft added a bunch of new pig variants last month, you might want to hold onto something solid: Mojang is back with a brand-new content update for ...

That was the conclusion Mojang came to in 2022, anyway, when it scrapped plans to add fireflies in as a passive mob because, in the real world, they are poisonous to frogs. Yes, really.

But one type of firefly has a unique capability. They blink in unison and are called synchronous (SING-kruh-ness) fireflies. They're found in a few places like the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee and ...