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. Subscribe ...

In a world-first discovery, researchers have shown that Australia's iconic Bogong moth uses constellations of stars and the Milky Way to navigate hundreds of kilometers across the country during its ...

Nocturnal insects may use both the Earth’s magnetic field and visual cues to guide their migratory flight behaviours, according to recent findings. The research, published in eLife as a Reviewed ...

TWICE A YEAR the skies of south-eastern Australia fill with billions of Bogong moths. In the spring these unassuming brown critters, about an inch long, fly south from their birthplace in Queensland ...

Explore the latest research to discover why moths are attracted to light, and find out how to bring more moths to your yard at night.