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Nov 20, 2022 · Some fireflies have a mystifying gift for flashing their abdomens in sync. New observations are overturning long-accepted explanations for how the synchronization occurs, at least for some species ...
May 26, 2024 · Firefly enthusiasts hope these wow-factor fireflies can inspire people to care about other species of lightning bugs in the U.S. which are not as well-studied, and of which an estimated 10% are ...
- Pien Huang
Jul 8, 2021 · Add this to your summer to-do list: next time you see the fireflies outside, try paying attention to the rhythm of the flashes. In some species, swarms will flash in sync. The fireflies' light ...
- Christopher Intagliata
Jul 7, 2021 · July 7, 2021. Swarms of synchronous fireflies are rather like melting ice, or at least that’s how Raphael Sarfati, a physicist, sees it. Ice remains solid until it warms to a certain temperature ...
- Sabrina Imbler
Oct 31, 2022 · Stake out in Pennsylvania’s Cook State Forest at the right time of year and you can see one of nature’s great light shows: swarms of fireflies that synchronize their flashes like strings of Christmas lights in the dark. A new study by Pitt mathematicians shows that math borrowed from neuroscience can describe how swarms of these unique ...
Oct 31, 2022 · Male fireflies produce a glow from their abdomens to call out to potential mates, sending out blinking patterns in the dark to woo females of their own species. Synchronous fireflies of the ...
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Jul 23, 2019 · Fireflies produce light in special organs in their abdomens by combining a chemical called luciferin, enzymes called luciferases, oxygen and the fuel for cellular work, ATP. Entomologists think they control their flashing by regulating how much oxygen goes to their light-producing organs. Fireflies probably originally evolved the ability to ...
