A 99-million-year-old firefly fossil is shedding new light on the mysterious origins of their glowing lantern. Many of us might feel a warm glow when we remember the fields fireflies illuminated ...

Firefly species Flammarionella hehaikuni uncovered from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Cai, Ballantyne & Kundrata (2024), NIGPAS) The early evolution of bioluminescence in fireflies is therefore ...

In the evening, they emanate a soft glow that looks like moonlight ... We wanted to show that science can be joyful.” Buy Now: Firefly Petunia on Light.Bio By Ashley Mateo By Chris Stokel ...

The beetle is only the second firefly species from the Mesozoic to be identified. Scientists estimated that fireflies evolved aerial bioluminescence, the ability to glow during flight, at least ...

It looked like a little glow-in-the-dark alien. But just one firefly squid wasn’t going to cut the mustard. ...we finally had our opportunity to capture this epic spectacle. We persisted day in ...

A strange fossil firefly found trapped in amber in Myanmar is shedding new light on the origin of glowing insects, scientists say. Several deepsea fish, mushrooms and insects are capable of ...

A strange fossilised firefly found trapped in amber in Myanmar is shedding new light on the origin of glowing insects, scientists say. Several deepsea fish, mushrooms and insects are capable of ...