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

It's a warm January summer afternoon, and as I traverse the flower-strewn western slopes of Australia's highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, I am on the lookout for a telltale river of boulders that ...

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

A new study finds an Australian moth follows the stars during its yearly migration, using the night sky as a guiding compass.

Scientists convert Earth's magnetic field collapse from 41,000 years ago into chilling audio, revealing ancient cosmic ...

Imagine traveling more than 600 miles from the only home you’ve ever known, to a mountain ridge you’ve never been to. It’s ...

Every year, billions of birds migrate in and out of the United States. And across the world, birds fly thousands of miles to reach their seasonal destinations. Some birds, like the Arctic tern ( ...

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

In a study published in the scientific journal Nature, researchers found the bogong moths use the starry sky as a guide to ...

Every breath we take in contains 21% oxygen, the gas that makes life on Earth possible. Oxygen, in its combined oxide state, ...

Opinion: In this op-ed, retired Navy Capt. John Cordle shares why he chose to retire from his position as a federal worker ...