Archive for the ‘bioluminescence’ Tag

The life aquatic (and semi-aquatic and terrestrial) of fireflies

My foray into firefly ecology over the past week has been fascinating on a number of levels- clearly in my previous ideas about fireflies, I had far too simple a concept of what these insects were: fireflies are more diverse, more widespread, and more sophisticated than I had ever imagined. They are also more indicative […]