Australia’s iconic bogong moths are the first creatures other than humans and some birds known to navigate by the night sky.

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Now, tiny nocturnal Australian insects have been found to use stars as a guiding compass during their long annual migration. Interestingly, the Bogong moth (Agrotis infusa) is the first invertebrate ...