After placing the captive firefly in a plastic bag, wildlife biologist Jason Davis tried to confirm its identity as a member of the rare photuris bethaniensis species. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) This ...

The Bethany Beach firefly could be added to the Endangered Species Act list, the Washington Post reported. If the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal goes through to classify it as threatened, ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed that a rare firefly found near sand dunes on Maryland, Delaware and Virginia beaches be named a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Based on a review of the best scientific and commercial data available, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined the ...

The Bethany Beach firefly is in danger of flickering out and becoming endangered, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday. The firefly, found in coastal Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, is one ...

(CN) — Moving to protect the distinctive lightning bugs that call the Delaware coast home, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed earmarking the Bethany Beach firefly as a threatened species ...

DELMARVA - The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) is eyeing federal protections for a coastal insect on the brink of becoming an endangered species. Named for the town it was first discovered in, the ...

Whether you call them fireflies or lightning bugs, the dazzling spectacles not only symbolize the arrival of summer but bring us back to a place of childlike wonder. But if you've noticed fewer ...

WASHINGTON— In response to a petition and legal agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the Bethany Beach firefly as a ...

DELAWARE SEASHORE STATE PARK, Del. — On a muggy July evening, Delaware state biologist Jason Davis is doing what kids have done for ages: Trying to catch a firefly. It’s nowhere near as easy as the ...

DELAWARE SEASHORE STATE PARK (AP) — On a muggy July evening, Delaware state biologist Jason Davis is doing what kids have done for ages: Trying to catch a firefly. It’s nowhere near as easy as the ...

Based on a review of the best scientific and commercial data available, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined the Bethany Beach firefly — a nocturnal beetle found in coastal Delaware, ...