You don’t have to miss out on the synchronous fireflies spectacle! Here’s how you could see them without a Great Smoky ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deep in the pitch-black woodlands of Congaree National Park lives a mysterious insect that draws thousands of onlookers each year.

Picture this: you’ve waited years to get into Congaree National Park’s annual firefly event. On the night you finally get to go, as you’re ooh-ing and ahh-ing at the beautiful twinkling fireflies, you ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The Congaree National Park will hold a synchronous fireflies viewing event next month. The event will be held May 13-20. Entry to the park for the event requires a valid event ...

Congaree National Park Not only does Congaree National Park protect the largest area of old-growth bottomland hardwood temperate forest, it also protects several other animal and plant species found ...

We rushed home to see them. My wife and I had spent a week in the Pacific Northwest celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary (it was 10 years ago this June that the Supreme Court made marriage ...

Every year, starting around mid-May, a mesmerizing natural light show takes over Congaree National Park as synchronous fireflies flash in perfect harmony. This rare and breathtaking spectacle draws ...

For a few weeks each spring, thousands of fireflies emerge at the Congaree National Park to blink together. It's a natural wonder that's ephemeral and rare in the U.S. NPR's Pien Huang went to ...

Every year for two weeks between mid-May and mid-June, Congaree National Park in South Carolina is home to a fairy-tale-like display of flashing lights. These rhythmic performances happen all because ...

For years, the synchronous fireflies at Congaree National Park were a local secret. During a short window each spring, a special breed of firefly called Photuris frontalis lights up the national park ...

Nights at Congaree National Park are as inky black as any place in South Carolina. But for a few weeks each year, the darkness is pierced by the synchronized flashing of tiny lightning bugs. The ...