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Stars, Magnets, and Tiny Navigators: The Bogong Moth's Incredible Journey

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We explore groundbreaking research showing bogong moths use star patterns to navigate long-distance migrations, with magnetic cues acting as backup. Through clever experiments and neural recordings, we reveal how a brain the size of a grain of rice reads the Milky Way to reach alpine caves, estivate, and return—rewriting what we thought insects could do.


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