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Bogong Moths Use Starry Night Sky as Compass, Scientists Say


Each spring, billions of Bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) escape hot conditions across southeast Australia by migrating up to 1,000 km to a place that they have never previously visited -- a limited number of cool caves in the Australian Alps.

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