Bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) fly up 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) to take shelter in the handful of high-altitude caves that ...

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

An Australian moth follows the stars during its yearly migration, using the night sky as a guiding compass, according to a ...

Billions of nocturnal Bogong moths migrate up to 1,000 km to cool caves in the Australian Alps that they have never ...

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

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

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

HAWAI‘I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK >> It was all but silent on a recent morning at Uekahuna, the newly restored viewing area ...

Natural camouflage is one of nature’s greatest gifts in the animal kingdom. Sure, some animals have deadly toxins or ...

Meyerson defines invasive species as "non-native species introduced either intentionally or accidentally by humans outside of ...

Found in India and Southeast Asia, the Atlas Moth is one of the biggest moths in the world. Its wings can spread up to 30 cm wide, and the patterns on them look like snake heads– a clever way to ...

The climate and the number of flowers in bloom have the biggest impact on the moth population. How long do miller moths live? Miller moths live about a year — just long enough to emerge from ...