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Scientists Are Shocked After Discovering Mummified 'Eyeless' Wasp in Nullarbor Cave Caves have always been intriguing ...
This rare trait may allow the rainforest-dwelling species to move sideways instead of just forward, according to researchers.
Researchers exploring caves in Australia’s Nullarbor Plain have found mummified, eyeless invertebrates, including spiders, ...
Six students from across the county learned all they could about caves and what dwells within them during a cave camp Tuesday at Cook Museum of Natural Science in Decatur. The one-day camp was ...
Bogong moths use both Earth's magnetic field and the starry night sky to make twice-yearly migrations spanning hundreds of ...
Billions of nocturnal Bogong moths migrate up to 1,000 km to cool caves in the Australian Alps that they have never ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Bogong moths in an alpine cave in the summer. There are around 17,000 moths per square meter ...
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.
Here’s how it works. Bogong moths in an alpine cave in the summer. There are around 17,000 moths per square meter of cave wall, and millions in each cave.(Image credit: Eric Warrant) ...
A new study suggests that these Australian insects may be the first invertebrates to use the night sky as a compass during migration. By Alexa Robles-Gil In the summer, the walls of the caves in ...
Juveniles were observed preying on insects three times their body size, researchers said. During their fieldwork, researchers discovered two new tarantula species in the forests surround the caves.
New research suggests that bed bugs are the earliest human pests, following us out of the caves roughly 60,000 years ago and booming as our population expanded into cities.