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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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