Tag: Bioluminescence
Fleeting fireflies illuminate Colorado summer nights − and researchers are watching
Orit Peleg, University of Colorado Boulder and Owen Martin, University of Colorado Boulder
The Colorado June air was thick...
Is there life in the sea that hasn’t been discovered?
Suzanne OConnell, Wesleyan University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If...
Synchrony with chaos – blinking lights of a firefly swarm embody...
Raphael Sarfati, University of Colorado Boulder
Imagine an old-growth forest in the fading light of a summer evening. As...
Fireflies need dark nights for their summer light shows – here’s...
Avalon C.S. Owens, Tufts University and Sara Lewis, Tufts University
Before humans invented fire, the only things that lit...
How fireflies glow – and what signals they’re sending
Clyde Sorenson, North Carolina State University
You might not really be sure you saw what you think you saw when the first one shows up....
EXPLORING NATURE
Pregnant women face tough choices about medication use due to lack...
Almut Winterstein, University of Florida and Sonja Rasmussen, Johns Hopkins University
A panel convened in July 2025 by the...
