On May 17, 1974, NASA launched the first Synchronous Meteorological Satellite, SMS-1. This was the first satellite designed ...

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

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 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Each year, thousands come to the mountains to see the synchronous firefly light up the night sky. Synchronous fireflies, whose scientific name is Photinus carolinus, are one ...

It’s twilight on a warm May evening at the Congaree National Park in Hopkins, South Carolina. A wooden boardwalk weaves through cypress knees, and towering loblolly pines. A viewing platform holds the ...

Prepare to be dazzled this spring by a unique natural phenomenon. From late May to early June (typically), certain firefly species sync up their glowing patterns in a breathtaking mating ritual, ...

In “Learning How to Blend Online and Offline Teaching,” my friend Bob Ubell explores how pandemic-era remote instruction may persist in a post-COVID academic world. (Bob interviewed me for and ...