Exit strategy Artist’s impression of New Horizons as it flew past Pluto in 2015. (Courtesy: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute) NASA’s New Horizons ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bogong Moth is a night flying moth. Endangered species in Australua and declining population since 1980's because of droughts in ...

We've long known that some animals depend on the Sun to navigate the world. However, new research may have uncovered the first insect we know of that does the same using the stars and night sky. The ...

Each spring, billions of bogong moths fill southeast Australia’s skies. Fleeing the lowlands and trying to beat the heat, they fly roughly 600 miles to caves embedded in the Australian Alps. The moths ...

An Australian moth that migrates over 1000 kilometres to seek respite from summer heat is the first known invertebrate to use the stars as a compass on long journeys. Every spring, billions of bogong ...

1-inch bogong moths must complete a 600-mile migration to survive. Relying on a random array of stars causes these insects to lose their flight path. These insects utilize a dual-compass system that ...