On a humid summer evening, the thick temperate deciduous forest is hauntingly dark. As soon as the last twilight of dusk disappears, you begin to see sparkling dots emerge from the canopies. As your ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Fans of synchronized fireflies will just need to wait a few weeks longer before the lottery for tickets to see the annual event at Congaree National Park opens. "This special natural ...

Synchronous fireflies put on a show each spring in the Great Smoky Mountains. Photinus carolinus is the only firefly species in the U.S. that flashes in unison. QEYES/iStock There's never a bad time ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Each year thousands come to the mountains to see the synchronous firefly light up the night sky. Synchronous fireflies, whose scientific name is Photinus carolinus, are one ...

Corryton — The world is annually enchanted by the famous synchronous fireflies in the Great Smoky Mountains. But the species that draws thousands of people to Elkmont in the national park is not the ...

HOPKINS, S.C. (WCBD)- A rare, breathtaking firefly display returns to South Carolina in May and a nearby national park is once again giving the public a chance to see it. Of the more than 2,000 ...

National parks in S.C. and Tennessee host viewing events in late May, early June. On a humid summer evening, the thick temperate deciduous forest is hauntingly dark. As soon as the last twilight of ...