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By Shreya Dasgupta In Australia, millions of newly hatched Bogong moths embark on an impressive journey twice a year. Each ...
A new study finds an Australian moth follows the stars during its yearly migration, using the night sky as a guiding compass.
Native to Australia, tiny Bogong moths travel hundreds of miles in an astonishing annual migration by using the starry night ...
Every spring, billions of nondescript moths hatch in southeast Australia. Not long after, the brown insects—called Bogong ...
In a world-first discovery, researchers have shown that Australia's iconic Bogong moth uses constellations of stars and the ...
A species of Australian moth travels up to a thousand kilometers every summer using the stars to navigate, scientists said ...
"We know that daytime migratory insects use the sun, so testing the starry sky seemed an obvious thing to try." ...
Each spring, billions of bogong moths fill southeast Australia’s skies. Fleeing the lowlands and trying to beat the heat, ...
Scientists found that an Australian moth navigates using a celestial compass, possibly guided by the Milky Way itself.
That rotation is important, and to understand why, we have to consider another animal that uses the stars as a guide: the ...