Every year, for approximately three-weeks, a unique species of fireflies inside of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, emerges for an annual mating ritual. The ritual allows male fireflies to ...

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CORRYTON, Tenn. (WTVF) — A rare phenomenon is about to happen in East Tennessee as the Synchronous fireflies will make their return next month. Many apply year after year in a lottery drawing to see ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. UNICOI COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – For a few ...

Though the coronavirus pandemic has robbed thousands of the chance to see one of the Smoky Mountain's most stunning natural phenomena in person, a non-profit group plans to stream the event online for ...

A synchronous firefly event in Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Photinus carolinus fireflies annually flash in sync during late May or early June. The insects are still in trouble, but ...

On a humid summer evening, the thick temperate deciduous forest is hauntingly dark. As soon as the last twilight of dusk disappears, you begin to see sparkling dots emerge from the canopies. As your ...

ELKMONT, Tenn. — Lynn Faust remembers the old days of firefly season in Elkmont. You would hike into the woods at night, with nobody else around, waiting for one of nature’s most beautiful rituals.