Monarch butterflies depend on an internal clock to navigate to their winter grounds in Mexico, researchers have found. Scientists have long known butterflies use the sun and an internal compass to fly ...

It has long been known that birds, and even humans, use celestial cues to navigate vast distances. Now, tiny nocturnal Australian insects have been found to use stars as a guiding compass during their ...

The loggerhead turtle can learn and remember the magnetic signature of an area and does a ‘turtle dance’ when in a location that they associate with food, a study in Nature reports. The research ...

We live in a time of great uncertainty, a pivotal moment in history when social and technological changes are accelerating, leaving anxiety in their wake. Polarization and isolation have weakened ...

Canadian-born monarch butterflies gather by the millions each winter at about 10 specific sites in Mexico. (Jessica Linton/University of Guelph) Each fall, Canadian-born monarch butterflies migrate ...