Tiny brown moth navigates 600 miles using stars — just like humans and birds | CNN 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.

“Stars are not the only navigational cue the insects use to reach their destination. They can also detect Earth’s magnetic field, according to evidence found by previous research…”

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