Scientists think glow-worm populations are falling due to light pollution from street lights. The small critters are actually a type of beetle, and use the glowing light on their bottoms to attract ...

A colony of glow worms has been "thriving" at a country park despite a decline in the insect's population across the UK. The National Trust said it had seen more of the beetles at Sheringham Park in ...

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 ...

Usually found in woodland areas in southern regions of the UK, glow-worms are a group of light-producing insects that emit a beautiful – yep, you guessed it –glow. Strangely though, they’re not ...

This is beneficial not only for the glow-worms, but also for the other species dependent on darkness. By studying light pollution we gain an understanding of how organisms react to nightly light, and ...

The BDA Glow Worm Society arose out of a joke. A few years ago, boat pilot and diver Chris Gauntlett posted a question on social media, asking when the glow worms would be out. Every month during the ...

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Different organisms are capable of glowing for various reasons. Some do it for communication or to attract mates, while some glow to lure in prey. A group of researchers recently discovered a glowing ...

New Zealand's 30-million-year-old limestone caves, with their walls lined with mesmerising bioluminescent glow worms, are a photographer's dream. This is far from the first time Arachnocampa luminosa ...