The insects flying in circles around your porch light aren’t captivated by the light. Instead, they may have lost track of which way is up, high-speed infrared camera data suggest. Moths and other ...

Artificial light is bad news for a wide range of wildlife, but it can be a particular challenge for a unique subset of species: those that make their own glow. “With bioluminescent creatures, you can ...

Humans have used light to trap insects for at least 2,000 years (thanks, Romans). Now, a team of researchers says they know why the animals are apparently drawn to the light—and it’s not a happy tale.

While light bulbs make our nights brighter, they are dimming the social lives, and survival rates, of some of nature’s natural light-makers: fireflies. A 2021 report found that 1 in 3 North American ...

From the busy cities to ocean waters, our need to illuminate the world has had some strange and tragic consequences Brian Handwerk - Science Correspondent Tourists watch leatherback sea turtle ...

Researchers at the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya in Spain evaluated a dozen indoor PV modules from eleven suppliers with the goal of identifying a PV-based power supply for remote sensor nodes ...

The classic summer cookout comes with chips, drinks and then, after the sun goes down, swarms of insects flitting around porch lights. But flying around artificial lights can have deadly consequences ...