Based on a review of the best scientific and commercial data available, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined the Bethany Beach firefly — a nocturnal beetle found in coastal Delaware, ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed that a rare firefly found near sand dunes on Maryland, Delaware and Virginia beaches be named a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The ...

After placing the captive firefly in a plastic bag, wildlife biologist Jason Davis tried to confirm its identity as a member of the rare photuris bethaniensis species. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) This ...

(CN) — Moving to protect the distinctive lightning bugs that call the Delaware coast home, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed earmarking the Bethany Beach firefly as a threatened species ...

The Bethany Beach firefly could be added to the Endangered Species Act list, the Washington Post reported. If the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal goes through to classify it as threatened, ...

WASHINGTON— In response to a petition and legal agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the Bethany Beach firefly as a ...