Live Arts will present the Virginia premiere of Donja R. Love’s powerful drama titled “Fireflies.” Directed by Ti Ames, the run of “Fireflies” will include 14 performances from March 29 through April ...

Most children and adults remember catching fireflies in a jar on warm summer nights. However, a Virginia Tech entomologist said the number of fireflies is decreasing due to climate and urban ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. — Fireflies. Lightning bugs. Depending on where you live, they go by many names. We used to see them all the time, but now we don’t. According to a recent study, nearly 1 in 3 ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Climate change is impacting our insect populations, and entomologists say that warmer seasons are causing bugs to come out earlier. Virginia Tech Entomologist Eric Day said fireflies ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — There are nearly 180 documented species of firefly in the United States and Canada, and you can find almost 30 of them lighting up Virginia’s nights. The Xerces Society for ...

While light bulbs make our nights brighter, they are dimming the social lives, and survival rates, of some of nature’s natural light-makers: fireflies. A 2021 report found that 1 in 3 North American ...

A play that unfolds over three days in the kitchen of a charismatic minister and Civil Rights leader and the speechwriter wife behind much of his success dives into issues of love, grief, identity and ...

Synchronous fireflies (Photinus carolinus) illuminate the forests of Watoga State Park, West Virginia, which were discovered in 2019 after efforts to achieve International Dark Sky status. Although ...