Bogong Moths Use Stars to Navigate Across Australia, Study Finds (Image: Wikipedia) On warm spring nights in Australia, a tiny traveller begins an incredible journey.

The outbreak of spongy moths in West Michigan continues and residents of one local township will get a chance to vote on a millage aimed at combating the invasive species.

Another question is exactly which stars the moths are using to navigate. In the lab, the researchers monitored 30 neurons involved in the moth's vision, coordination and navigation.

Australia’s iconic bogong moths are the first creatures other than humans and some birds known to navigate by the night sky.

An international team of scientists has demonstrated that the Australian Bogong moth uses star constellations and the Milky Way to navigate during its annual migration over hundreds of kilometers ...

Moths, magnets and stars We made these remarkable discoveries in a specialized lab we built a few years ago near Adaminaby in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales. First we light-trapped bogong ...

It now appears magnetism might not play as big a role as thought. Aestivating bogong moths cluster at a density of around 17,000 moths per square meter. (Eric Warrant) To build on these earlier ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An Australian moth follows the stars during its yearly migration, using the night sky as a guiding compass, according to a new study. When temperatures heat up, nocturnal Bogong moths ...

Scientists have discovered bogong moths use starlight to travel from their breeding grounds in south-eastern Australia to caves in the Snowy Mountains to escape the heat. ABC NewsRadio's Sarah ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An Australian moth follows the stars during its yearly migration, using the night sky as a guiding compass, according to a new study. When temperatures heat up, nocturnal Bogong ...

The Bogong moths of Australia aren't much to look at, says Andrea Adden, a neurobiologist at the Francis Crick Institute. "They're small brown moths with arrow-like markings on the wings. They're ...