With over 2,000 species found worldwide, there are only three species of synchronous fireflies that can be found in North ...

COLUMBIA — It won’t be long before the synchronous fireflies will light up the forest at Congaree National Park. And those ...

Congaree National Park has opened its 2026 Synchronous Firefly Event lottery. Here's what you need to know about claiming a ...

Congaree National Park is home to a light show like no other.

This year’s firefly viewing event is set for May 13-20 at Congaree National Park. The event pass lottery is open through 10 a ...

In central South Carolina, the largest tract of old-growth bottomland hardwood forest lies between the Congaree and Wat ...

The lottery will open at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 7 and remain open through 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 14. Here's where to ...

Congaree National Park’s rare synchronized firefly show is drawing huge interest again as this year’s lottery opens.

We rushed home to see them. My wife and I had spent a week in the Pacific Northwest celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary (it was 10 years ago this June that the Supreme Court made marriage ...

In the middle of the old-growth forests of Congaree National Park in South Carolina, fireflies put on an other-worldly display every May. Thousands of male insects belonging to the species Photuris ...