On the Air: April 20, 2025
The coconut crab is the 800-pound gorilla of many tropical beaches. Not only is it the biggest and strongest crab on land, it’ll eat just about anything—animal, vegetable, or even mineral.
In Print: April 1, 2025
Have you ever heard of “mosquito ringtones”? They’re phone ringtones that teens can easily hear but the frequency is too high for adults to hear, since humans naturally start losing the ability to hear higher frequencies in their 20s. New research suggests that some whale species use a similar trick—for very different reasons. Instead of trying to hide the sound of a ringing phone from adults, some whales call at frequencies too low for predators to hear.
