This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PHIL CAMPBELL, Ala. – A gorge near Phil ...

"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, ...

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 ...

It’s the last day of June and I’m standing under the overhang on my back deck protected from the last drips of a rainstorm. It’s past nine o’clock but not quite dark yet. But the yard is starting to ...

In honor of the first ever International Polychaete Day, learn about the bristly worms that are everywhere in the ocean Hannah Waters and Emily Frost Unbeknownst to most landlubbers, polychaetes rule ...

TAMBOPATA, Peru, Nov. 20 (UPI) --When the black of the South American night descends on the floor of the Amazon rainforest, select patches of earth begin to glow green. Nature photographer Jeff Cremer ...

KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — Whether you call them lightning bugs or fireflies, there is just something magical about the glowing beetles' illuminating mating ritual. A recently-published scientific article ...

Although glow-worms emit light at all stages of their life cycle, it is only adult females that "really glow" A "record" number of female glow-worms have been found in Rutland despite a "huge decline" ...

The forest princess firefly, Hime botaru (Luciola parvula) in Japan. Credit Tsuneaki Hiramatsu If you take a walk at night during the summertime, you might catch a glimpse of fireflies lighting up the ...

Predators that tread on a colony of parchment tube worms may find themselves slimed. When threatened, these ocean creatures exude a sticky mucus that can glow blue for days (SN: 7/28/14). Making and ...

Rosie McCall is a London-based freelance writer who frequently contributes to Discover Magazine, specializing in science, health, and the environment. View Full Profile. Image of the alvinellid worm, ...