We've long known that some animals depend on the Sun to navigate the world. However, new research may have uncovered the first insect we know of that does the same using the stars and night sky. The ...

Each spring, billions of bogong moths fill southeast Australia’s skies. Fleeing the lowlands and trying to beat the heat, they fly roughly 600 miles to caves embedded in the Australian Alps. The moths ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An Australian moth follows the stars during its yearly migration, using the night sky as a guiding compass, according to a new study. When temperatures heat up, nocturnal Bogong moths ...

An Australian moth follows the stars during its yearly migration, using the night sky as a guiding compass, according to a new study. When temperatures heat up, nocturnal Bogong moths fly about 1,000 ...

Bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) use the stars to navigate during long-haul travel — an ability previously identified only in humans, birds, and possibly seals. After emerging from their cocoons, the ...

The writer Tristan Gooley describes how a pair of familiar constellations can help a person navigate in darkness when other methods fail.

Australia's iconic bogong moth, which migrates hundreds of kilometres each year to a few select caves in the Australian Alps. In a world-first discovery, researchers have shown that Australia’s iconic ...