Professor Dr. Friedrich Schaller of the Braunschweig Technische Hochschule’s Zoological Institute is a scientific voyeur. He has spent the better part of the past three years spying on the love life ...

Despite their name, glow-worms aren't worms at all: they're beetles. They use their bioluminescent bodies to communicate with other beetles, in an attempt to attract a mate. The ocean is well known ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The daily onset of activity in fireflies and glowworms is a complicated process involving both a circadian rhythm and a triggering mechanism ...

Barber, V. C., and Dilly, P. N. (unpublished work). Barber, V. C., and Pilcher, C. W. T. (unpublished work).

What is the prevalence of Lampyris noctiluca (glow worms)? I have just seen a half-dozen this evening. Glow worms, though not yet an endangered species, are dwindling overall in population for some ...

The glow worm (Lampyris noctiluca) is a beetle that resembles an elongated woodlouse The sight of a glow worm at a former Cricklade landfill site is proof work to turn it into a nature haven is paying ...

Brighter female glow-worms lay more eggs than their dim rivals and are more attractive to potential nocturnal mates. Juhani Hopkins at the University of Oulu in Finland and his colleagues allowed 26 ...