"We know that daytime migratory insects use the sun, so testing the starry sky seemed an obvious thing to try." ...

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

Researchers ventured into the Nullarbor cave system, Australia, and found a treasure house of fossils, hundreds in number and ...

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

At about 2 inches long, Shibabdella wulingensis is considered a “medium-sized” leech, according to researchers. Its body is “ flat and cylindrical,” and “creamy or pinkish–white” in color, the study ...

Scientists found that an Australian moth navigates using a celestial compass, possibly guided by the Milky Way itself.

Billions of nocturnal Bogong moths migrate up to 1,000 km to cool caves in the Australian Alps that they have never ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Researchers exploring caves in Australia’s Nullarbor Plain have found mummified, eyeless invertebrates, including spiders, ...