If you have visited an island like one of the Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti or Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, you may have noticed how small these land masses appear against the vast Pacific Ocean.

If you have visited an island like one of the Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti or Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, you may have noticed how small these land masses appear against the vast Pacific Ocean.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christopher Palma, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) If you have visited an island like ...

An Australian Bogong moth at the Ramshead Range of the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. (Ajay Narendra via AP) NEW YORK (AP) — An Australian moth follows the stars during its yearly ...

We've long known that some animals depend on the Sun to navigate the world. However, new research may have uncovered the first insect we know of that does the same using the stars and night sky. The ...

Bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) use the stars to navigate during long-haul travel — an ability previously identified only in humans, birds, and possibly seals. After emerging from their cocoons, the ...

Each spring, millions of tiny brown Bogong moths fly 1,000km from southeastern Australia to the caves of the Australian Alps to escape the summer heat. Now we know how they find their way -- they ...

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 moths ...