Nights on Earth are getting brighter with the spread of human light pollution, reducing humankind’s visibility of the cosmos. But the brightening night is also messing with glow-worms, spunky insects ...

Female glow-worms attract males with a chemical reaction in their abdomen. Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock The invention of electric light has extended our lives deeper into the night: street lamps ...

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The bright lights of big cities are wonders of the modern world; intended to help us work, stay safe and enjoy the world around us long after the sun has set. While artificial light has been great for ...

There are roughly 2,400 described species of firefly found around the world, many which lack common names altogether.

Bright artificial lights dazzle glow-worms, an effect that could drive the glimmering insects to extinction, researchers have found 1. Female glow-worms (Lampyris noctiluca) emit green light from ...

It’s the last day of June and I’m standing under the overhang on my back deck protected from the last drips of a rainstorm. It’s past nine o’clock but not quite dark yet. But the yard is starting to ...

From glowing mushrooms deep in forests to radiant corals beneath the ocean, nature has its own spectacular light show. This magical glow, known as bioluminescence or phosphorescence, is found in ...

The invention of electric light has extended our lives deeper into the night: street lamps help us travel more safely outdoors, while lighting indoors lets us work and play for longer. Entire stadiums ...