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Bogong Moths Use Night Sky as Compass on 1,000-Kilometer Journey

A study identifies star-sensitive neurons that allow vulnerable moths to orient toward unseen alpine caves over vast distances.

Scientists Uncover Three Sea Spider Species Farming Methane-Fueled Bacteria Off U.S. West Coast

New Armored Lizard Species Identified From 77-Million-Year-Old Utah Fossils

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Lake Tahoe Clarity Holds Steady but Fails to Improve

Artificial Night Lighting Outweighs Temperature in Extending Urban Growing Seasons

Study Finds Meat, Not Scales, Drives Nigeria’s Pangolin Hunts as Communities Back New Bans

Triassic Reptiles Migrated 10,000 Miles Through Inhospitable Tropics

Emperor Penguin Numbers Plunge 22% Over 15 Years, Exceeding Projections

Researchers Capture First Live Footage of Antarctic Squid in Deep Weddell Sea

Southwest Florida Conservancy Tops 20-Ton Removal of Invasive Burmese Pythons

Dehorning Slashes Rhino Poaching by 78% in South Africa’s Greater Kruger

Wild Nematodes Self-Assemble into Wriggling Superorganism Towers for Dispersal

Zimbabwe to Cull 50 Elephants in Save Valley Conservancy to Provide Meat for Villagers

Pod of Humpback Whales Halts Sydney Ferries in Peak Migration Surge

Two Distant Plants Independently Evolved Medicinal Ipecac Alkaloids

Sand Grain Microbes Create Oxygen-Free Pockets That Accelerate Nitrogen Loss in Coastal Sands

Cretaceous Bird Fossils Reveal Arctic Nesting 73 Million Years Ago

California Confirms Three New Gray Wolf Packs, Raising Total to 10

24-Year Amazon Drought Simulation Ends as Forest Recovery Begins

Tiger and Oceanic Whitetip Sharks Scavenge Peacefully Together Off Hawaii’s Big Island