Migrating bogong moths use stars and Earth's magnetic field to find ancestral summer caves each year

It's a warm January summer afternoon, and as I traverse the flower-strewn western slopes of Australia's highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, I am on the lookout for a telltale river of boulders that winds its way down into the alpine valleys below.

Jun 19, 2025 - 14:48
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It's a warm January summer afternoon, and as I traverse the flower-strewn western slopes of Australia's highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, I am on the lookout for a telltale river of boulders that winds its way down into the alpine valleys below.