Articles for tag: firefly discovery, insect biodiversity, new firefly species, species identification, wetland ecosystem

New Firefly Species Identified in Southern Wetlands

Suhail Ahmed

On a muggy summer night, a team of field biologists paused at the edge of a cypress stand and watched the marsh flicker like a living constellation. The flashes were familiar yet oddly out of step, a rhythm that didn’t quite match any known species in their notebooks. That tiny mismatch opened a doorway to ...