EditorialAn image provided by the National Park Service shows the night sky at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. (National Park Service via The New York Times)
EditorialAn image provided by the National Park Service shows the night sky at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. (National Park Service via The New York Times)
EditorialAn image provided by the National Park Service shows the night sky at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. (National Park Service via The New York Times)
EditorialAn image provided by the National Park Service shows the night sky at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. (National Park Service via The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by Chris Collingridge shows James Foster and Marie Dacke performing orientation experiments at a dark-sky site in rural Limpopo, South Africa, with a dung beetle. Humans aren’t the only species that navigate by starlight. Animals from birds to dung beetles may do it, too — and might become disoriented as our city lights drown out the heavens. (Chris Collingridge via The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by Chris Collingridge shows James Foster and Marie Dacke performing orientation experiments at a dark-sky site in rural Limpopo, South Africa, with a dung beetle. Humans aren’t the only species that navigate by starlight. Animals from birds to dung beetles may do it, too — and might become disoriented as our city lights drown out the heavens. (Chris Collingridge via The New York Times)