University of Kentucky researchers helped put together a new study about the dangers facing fireflies. DJ McNeil is an assistant professor of wildlife ecology and management for UK’s Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. He said it’s the first study to test those factors based on data collected by citizen-scientists.
“As best we can tell, the main factors that seem to be limiting firefly populations and would be responsible for declines would be climate and weather-related things, especially advancing temperatures, as we're expecting to see with climate change.”
