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Fading Summer Lights: Why Firefly Populations Are Declining Worldwide

Many of our most precious childhood memories feature the magnificent firefly. Known for their charming bioluminescence, ...
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Fireflies in Missouri are having a good year. But experts still worry they're dying out

A firefly sits on a leaf at a nature area in Columbia. Scientists say loss of wild lands has led to diminishing numbers of lightning bugs over time. There are more than 40 species of fireflies in ...

LSU entomologists working to bring fireflies back to Jean Lafitte

JEAN LAFITTE, La. ( WGNO) — LSU entomologists are working to bring fireflies back to Jean Lafitte. Christine Gambino, an ...
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In Search of Illumination: Butterfly Pavilion successfully raises fireflies in lab setting

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (KOAA) — Since 2017, Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster has been gathering, studying, and working to raise Colorado fireflies; this year (2025), they successfully replicated the ...
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Fireflies are disappearing, but we may not know enough about these insects to save them

It’s not easy counting fireflies. Across North America, there are an estimated 170 fireflies species, which are technically beetles in the order Coleoptera, but inventorying them is a challenge. While ...
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Weather sparks firefly mania, but will it last?

Wet spring, mild winter was conducive to a bountiful year A winter that was slightly warmer than the historical average and a wet spring helped firefly larvae thrive underground during a critical ...
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Broomfield’s Butterfly Pavilion becomes the first to hatch Colorado fireflies in captivity

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After two years of research and careful studying, scientists at the Butterfly Pavilion in Broomfield have become the first to ever raise Colorado fireflies ...