Learn how fireflies synchronize their flashes — and how that natural coordination could inspire future small‑scale robotics.

Female Photuris fireflies use their light to mimic other firefly species, attracting unsuspecting males, ambushing them, then eating them. The Photuris firefly consumes males of other firefly species ...

Most of the blinking signals that fireflies send out are intended to attract mates. But researchers are finding that, in some cases, these romantic overtures are not all wine and roses. Females of one ...

In the middle of the old-growth forests of Congaree National Park in South Carolina, fireflies put on an otherworldly display ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dot-dash fireflies (Photuris pensylvanica) are seen on Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C., in a composite photograph made from ...

A dedicated ornithologist with a passion for lightning bugs scours bogs and beaches to discover previously unknown species By Madeline Bodin Photographs by Karine Aigner Christopher Heckscher, ...

While other fireflies light up warm summer nights, males and females blinking in ardent semaphore, females of the genus Photuris aren’t always in the mood for love. These flickering femmes fatales ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Mahi Networks Inc., an optical switching company, has acquired all assets and a key design team of Photuris Inc. Photuris (Piscataway, N.J.) develops reconfigurable optical ...

PISCATAWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Photuris, a developer of metro regional optical transport systems, announced today that Charles Childers has joined the company as CEO. Mr. Childers comes to this ...