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Scientists think glow-worm populations are falling due to light pollution from street lights. The small critters are actually a type of beetle, and use the glowing light on their bottoms to attract ...

It isn’t a worm, it’s an insect – one famous for a chemical romance that brightens up our summer gloaming with a mysterious greenish glow, a beetle that was once the slang word for those of us humble ...

An upgrade to the Glow Worm Tunnel in the Wollemi National Park has been undertaken to ensure the light-sensitive invertebrates' safety. Hundreds of tonnes of material were manually carried and ...

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 ...

Scientists are trying to save's England's dwindling glow worm population by introducing them into a preserved fragment of their natural habitat in Devon. Populations of the common glow worm – which is ...

The small critters are actually a type of beetle, and use the glowing light on their bottoms to attract others. Zoologists have found artificial white light, like the glare from street lights, is ...