Nights on Earth are getting brighter with the spread of human light pollution, reducing humankind’s visibility of the cosmos. But the brightening night is also messing with glow-worms, spunky insects ...

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The Hawkinsville glow worm was discovered in the Georgia town of the same name. Alamy Stock Photo/National Geographic Image Collection Georgia may lead the nation with over 50 species of fireflies (or ...

"The fascination of glow worms for me is that they are in effect magic," says ecologist Pete Cooper, as he tramples through thistles and nettles. "The glow worm has been the symbol of the other world, ...

Scientists identified 3 new species of bioluminescent Polycirrus worms off the coast of Japan. Videos show the animals’ blue-purple glow. Photo from Jimi N et al. Diving off the coast of Japan, scuba ...