https://www.pitara.com/tags/bioluminescence/Recent content in Bioluminescence on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/planet-earth-for-kids/the-cool-firefly/Wed, 05 Sep 2001 14:21:52 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/planet-earth-for-kids/the-cool-firefly/<p>Firefly is just a name. They are actually very cool insects. And they are not even flies, they are beetles. They have a way of sending out light signals every now and then. If you see them at night on a tree, you might think it is a brightly lit Christmas tree. That is the kind of light these fireflies produce.</p> <p>But the light they send out does not have heat, like the bulbs we use. The firefly&rsquo;s light is cold. Actually these beetles could be the most efficient bulbs if only we knew how to use them. For almost all the energy they produce gets changed into bright light – cool light.</p>https://www.pitara.com/non-fiction-for-kids/did-you-know-for-kids/at-night-the-surface-of-the-indian-ocean/Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:55:33 +0000https://www.pitara.com/non-fiction-for-kids/did-you-know-for-kids/at-night-the-surface-of-the-indian-ocean/