Scientists think glow-worm populations are falling due to light pollution from street lights. The small critters are actually a type of beetle, and use the glowing light on their bottoms to attract ...

The bright lights of big cities are wonders of the modern world; intended to help us work, stay safe and enjoy the world around us long after the sun has set. While artificial light has been great for ...

Some people pay to witness glow-worms' breeding season in June and July. It’s late at night on the South Downs as a group of ardent wildlife spotters gather round a pair of glow-worms appearing to ...

Nights on Earth are getting brighter with the spread of human light pollution, reducing humankind’s visibility of the cosmos. But the brightening night is also messing with glow-worms, spunky insects ...

Usually found in woodland areas in southern regions of the UK, glow-worms are a group of light-producing insects that emit a beautiful – yep, you guessed it –glow. Strangely though, they’re not ...

A colony of glow worms has been "thriving" at a country park despite a decline in the insect's population across the UK. The National Trust said it had seen more of the beetles at Sheringham Park in ...

Like Deadpool, three-banded panther worms are able to regenerate body parts on their own. Even their heads. Now, a team of scientists from Harvard has genetically altered the unique worms so they glow ...

When they're hungry, glow worms emit a pale light to attract unsuspecting insect prey into their lethal, sticky snares. But this characteristic is restricted to female glow worms, which also use ...

Water and wee. That’s what New Zealand glow-worms use to build sticky traps to ensnare their prey. Arachnocampa luminosa lives in wet caves, spending about nine months as a larva, before growing wings ...

Why would scientists at Harvard University genetically modify the three-banded panther worm to enable it to glow in the dark? They hope to uncover the secrets to regeneration, according to a recent ...