Many animals seem to have a mysterious sixth sense that allows them to travel through the world in ways that humans can only ...

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

Bogong moths use both Earth's magnetic field and the starry night sky to make twice-yearly migrations spanning hundreds of ...

Native to Australia, tiny Bogong moths travel hundreds of miles in an astonishing annual migration by using the starry night ...

Bogong moths use stars and Earth’s magnetic field to navigate epic migrations - revealing the first known stellar compass in ...

Now, tiny nocturnal Australian insects have been found to use stars as a guiding compass during their long annual migration. Interestingly, the Bogong moth (Agrotis infusa) is the first invertebrate ...

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