Nearly 30 years ago, Australia's first genetically modified field crop was planted: Bt cotton. CSIRO scientists helped develop this insect-resistant cotton variety, using a gene derived from a ...

"We know that daytime migratory insects use the sun, so testing the starry sky seemed an obvious thing to try." ...

Not long after, the brown insects—called Bogong moths (Agrotis infusa)—take to the skies, flying more than 600 miles to the Australian Alps to escape the summer heat.

A new study suggests that these Australian insects may be the first invertebrates to use the night sky as a compass during migration. Listen to this article · 5:38 min Learn more.