Photuris pensylvanica — better known as the Pennsylvania firefly or, as most Philadelphians call it, the lightning bug — is ...

This summer has been a good year for viewing lightning bugs or fireflies because of several weather conditions. Here's what ...

Beatriz Swanson can remember the first time she saw the blinking glow. She was 10 years old, growing up in Mexico, when two ...

The flickering fields of summer nights are back. Fireflies, it seems, are abundant again. Throughout the region, people are ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Did you know that the firefly is the Pennsylvania state bug? Fireflies, or lightning bugs as many people call them, have been lighting up our summer nights for as long as we ...

The spirit’s at risk. A third of North America’s firefly species face extinction. There are ways to help fireflies, insects important enough to be named Pennsylvania’s state insect.

Philly's summer muggy weather is historic. We're seeing more fireflies around, so here's where to find lightning bugs, and a ...

There are more than 40 species of fireflies in Missouri, but for the last few years people have been concerned about the ...

Despite Pennsylvania's population declining overall, Pike County saw a 5 percent increase in population between 2020 and 2023.

Another look at the latest population estimate data from the Census Bureau, this time concentrating on minority groups in the Lehigh Valley and all of Pennsylvania's counties.

But you may not have heard that Pennsylvania is going through the same process. Penn State University is closing seven of its 20 campuses in the state, citing Pennsylvania’s declining population.

Most data is anecdotal, but researchers say climate change, development, light pollution and pesticides are threatening ...