Whether you like to call them fireflies or lightning bugs, there's no denying that they are fascinating to watch on a warm summer evening. But have you wondered what makes these tiny bugs light up?

The East End Seaport Museum is embarking on a nearly $900,000 project to stabilize Long Beach Bar Lighthouse in an effort to preserve maritime history — and the roots of the museum itself.

Like a moth to a lamp, we humans have long thought we knew why bugs are so attracted to artificial lights — but new research suggests we may have been just as dim as they are. New research out of ...