It’s twilight on a warm May evening at the Congaree National Park in Hopkins, South Carolina. A wooden boardwalk weaves through cypress knees, and towering loblolly pines. A viewing platform holds the ...

The fireflies' annual synchronous light show in the woods of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is something to behold. It's a sight you don’t want to miss, even if you weren’t one of the lucky ...

The famous synchronized fireflies are just one of many types of insects that fall under the purview of national park ...

Yearly viewings of synchronous fireflies are so popular in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that a lottery was put in place for spots at the Elkmont viewing area in Tennessee. Here's what to ...

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 ...

GATLINBURG, TN – They came out one by one and then all at once, swarming the underbrush and pooling in the hollows, blinking crazily like fiber optic filaments in a planetarium or outer space-themed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mary Arkiszewski stumbled upon Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s most famous flashing beetle, the synchronous firefly, almost ...

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