Ruakuri Cave in Waitomo, New Zealand has a mesmerizing blue glow that is a sight to behold, but the beautiful light comes from an unexpected source: glow worms. The glow worms hang from the cave ...

Arachnocampa luminosa is a gnat species native to New Zealand. These small insects look like normal mosquitos as adults, but, as larvae, they are proof that sometimes real life is stranger — and more ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland researcher and lecturer Dr David Merritt has discovered Tasmanian cave glow-worms are energy conservationists: they switch their lights off at night-time. The ...

In caves that are 30 million years old and 150 feet underground, an unforgettable sight glows in the dark. The Waitomo Caves in New Zealand are home to around 30,000 endemic glowworms. The worms spend ...

Visit New Zealand and you may find yourself, some night, in a cave, watching glow worms light up the dark like wiggling stars. But besides being enchanting, these worms—fungus gnat maggots, ...

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