Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers observed a species of spiders using fireflies to catch prey. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI Aug. 28 (UPI) ...

Nocturnal spiders have been filmed capturing fireflies and keeping them in their webs to attract more prey, even intermittently checking on them over the course of an hour, according to a new study.

This week, thousands of people will come from across the country to view the synchronous fireflies in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Tuesday night was the first viewing event at the Elkmont ...

Aug. 28 (UPI) --Ecologists saw nocturnal spiders attracting prey with their web by using fireflies as bait, according to a new study. Tunghai University researchers observed Psechrus Clavis a sheet ...