Visitors flock to Volusia County’s Blue Spring State Park in droves to see manatees huddled for warmth in the wintertime, and the park typically draws capacity crowds amid summertime swimming weather.

Q How do fireflies glow? — Ryan Hopp, Verona, Wis. A PJ Liesch, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Insect Diagnostic Lab: Fireflies, sometimes called lightning bugs, are actually a type ...

Fireflies, also known as lightning bugs (or even glowworms) are a part of the Lampyridae family that produce a glowing light from their abdomens. It’s not magic—their famous glow by is an example of ...

Fireflies, sometimes called lightning bugs, are actually a type of beetle, so they’re not a true fly. In Wisconsin and the Great Lakes area there are about two dozen or more different species of ...