If you think you’ve spotted more than the usual number of blinking bugs this year, you’re not alone. But experts say many firefly species are at risk of extinction. By Nazaneen Ghaffar Nazaneen ...

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.

Firefly fans who'd like to see lightning bugs year-round are out of luck. The insect, which is a type of beetle, is usually seen only between spring and summer, with different species emerging at ...

Zak Mertz holds a spring peeper frog, moments before setting it free next to a vernal pool in Weymouth, Mass. Inside the New England Wildlife Center in Weymouth, Zak Mertz pointed to what he called a ...

Peeper seekers, Gianna George, Mt. Airy, takes a photo of her children, Alaina, 3 and Grady, 5 prior to the search. Nearly 30 people gathered with buckets, nets and flashlights at East West Park in Mt ...

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. I first learned about blue ghosts last year from Jennifer Frick-Ruppert, a zoologist at ...