Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere and magnetic field make life possible, but scientists have discovered that there’s a hidden ...

It's a warm January summer afternoon, and as I traverse the flower-strewn western slopes of Australia's highest mountain, ...

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

A species of Australian moth travels up to a thousand kilometers every summer using the stars to navigate, scientists said ...

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.

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

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 ...

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

Every year, billions of birds migrate in and out of the United States. And across the world, birds fly thousands of miles to ...

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