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Fleeting fireflies illuminate Colorado summer nights − and researchers are watching

  • Written by Orit Peleg, Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Fleeting fireflies illuminate Colorado summer nights − and researchers are watchingFireflies in Boulder, Colo., during the summer of 2023. Radim Schreiber/Firefly Experience, CC BY

The Colorado June air was thick with summer heat. Mosquitoes rose in clouds around us, testing our resolve while we gathered our cameras and sensors. We walked into the wetland, down the unmarked path until the cattails rose shoulder-high. The sounds...

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