Native to Australia, tiny Bogong moths travel hundreds of miles in an astonishing annual migration by using the starry night sky to navigate, according to a new study.

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 ...

Australian migratory moths use the night sky to maintain their course when they travel long distances to shelter in cool caves during the arid summer. Kenneth J. Lohmann is in the Department of ...

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 ...

When we took a closer look, we found each of the 15 Heliozelidae has an intricate structure at the tip of its abdomen that collects pollen. There’s nothing else quite like this in the 150,000 known ...

Those numbers have since dropped notably. The moths were responsible for approximately 386,000 acres in 2022, 156,000 acres in 2023 and roughly 169,000 acres in 2024.

Moth uses stars to navigate long distances, scientists discover Pierre Celerier AFP Jun 18, 2025 Updated Jun 19, 2025 Comments 1 of 2 Bogong moths use Earth's magnetic field like a compass ...

Bogong Moths Use Stars to Navigate Across Australia, Study Finds (Image: Wikipedia) On warm spring nights in Australia, a tiny traveller begins an incredible journey.

NEW YORK (AP) — An Australian moth follows the stars during its yearly migration, using the night sky as a guiding compass, according to a new study. When temperatures heat up, nocturnal Bogong ...

Billions of nocturnal Bogong moths migrate up to 1,000 km to cool caves in the Australian Alps that they have never previously visited. New research shows how they may find their way there and back.

Bogong moths appear to use stars to navigate 600-mile journey, a first for insects Bogong moths are endangered and were added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s “red list ...