On one level, we have fireflies figured out. We know the enzyme they use to make light (called luciferase), as well as the chemicals they use in the light-generating reaction. We know them so well ...

Unlike the enchanting yellow-green flashes of light produced on warm summer evenings by Photinus pyralis, the most common firefly species in North America, the orange lights of Photinus scintillans ...

MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Promega Corporation announced today that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Aobious, Inc. to protect its intellectual property rights regarding ...

A new study looks at the development of a firefly's light-emitting organs. Neat, thanks for sharing. Coincidentally, on my other computer screen I'm working with the DNA sequence of firefly luciferase ...