The Deadly Light of Sex

They may look like little living lanterns that bestow a fairytale atmosphere on rural landscape during summer months, but a new research made at Tufts University has found a dark side behind the magic show of the fireflies. The researchers found that even if fireflies waste little energy to p... [ read more >> ]

Females of Photuris fireflies get their next meal by eavesdropping on the bioluminescent courtship signals broadcast by other fireflies

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Females of Photuris fireflies get their next meal by eavesdropping on the bioluminescent courtship signals broadcast by other fireflies