Tiny white dots of stars appear on a black background, with about a dozen larger bright spots with fuzzy edges also visible. A rich collection of galaxies at the heart of the Virgo supercluster of ...

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TWICE A YEAR the skies of south-eastern Australia fill with billions of Bogong moths. In the spring these unassuming brown critters, about an inch long, fly south from their birthplace in Queensland ...

(CNN) — Each year, a tiny species in Australia makes a grueling 620-mile (1,000-kilometer) nighttime migration, and it’s pulling off the feat in a way only humans and migratory birds have been known ...

An Australian moth that migrates over 1000 kilometres to seek respite from summer heat is the first known invertebrate to use the stars as a compass on long journeys. Every spring, billions of bogong ...

1-inch bogong moths must complete a 600-mile migration to survive. Relying on a random array of stars causes these insects to lose their flight path. These insects utilize a dual-compass system that ...