It's a warm January summer afternoon, and as I traverse the flower-strewn western slopes of Australia's highest mountain, ...

When stars were scrambled into random positions, bogong moths lost their way, confirming reliance on star patterns for ...

Scientists found that an Australian moth navigates using a celestial compass, possibly guided by the Milky Way itself.

"We know that daytime migratory insects use the sun, so testing the starry sky seemed an obvious thing to try." ...

In a world-first discovery, researchers have shown that Australia's iconic Bogong moth uses constellations of stars and the ...

Each year, around four million moths migrate up to 1,000 kilometers to hibernate in the cool dark of mountain caves.

NEW YORK (AP) — An Australian moth follows the stars during its yearly migration, using the night sky as a guiding compass, ...

A new study suggests that these Australian insects may be the first invertebrates to use the night sky as a compass during ...

Imagine traveling more than 600 miles from the only home you’ve ever known, to a mountain ridge you’ve never been to. It’s ...

Several bird species, in addition to humans, have demonstrated they can use the stars to navigate great distances. And while ...

That rotation is important, and to understand why, we have to consider another animal that uses the stars as a guide: the ...

To reach this conclusion, Dr Warrant and his team captured 95 moths heading to their breeding grounds. Each was then put into ...