Each year, Bogong moths in Australia embark on a 620-mile journey to escape the summer heat by retreating to cool alpine caves. These nocturnal insects then return home to breed and die, completing a ...

On her final flight, Amelia Earhart relied on dead reckoning, celestial navigation, and radio signals to cross the Pacific. But faulty communication, incorrect frequencies, and missing equipment made ...

Reporting ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The same techniques guided ancient Polynesians in the open Pacific and oriented astronauts when Apollo 12 was disabled by lightning — the techniques of celestial navigation.