The Forest Fairy: Aphids Reveal Hidden Harmonies

Terrestrials

WNYC

Education For Kids, Storytelling, Education, Educational, Terrestrials, Pets & Animals, Radiolab, Kids, Kids & Family, Stem, Nature, Podcast, Fun, Science, Family-friendly, Children, Animals

4.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The secret harmony of the forest.

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0:00.0	Wait, you're listening.
0:01.6	Okay.
0:02.9	All right.
0:04.1	Okay.
0:05.5	All right.
0:06.9	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:09.9	For again.
0:11.1	Radio Lab.
0:11.6	From W-N-Y-C.
0:14.6	See?
0:14.9	Yeah.
0:15.0	Three, two, one.
0:22.7	Imagine your back poofs out these tail feathers almost.
0:28.2	Little white fluff's better.
0:29.8	Very fuzzy and sticky and cute.
0:32.7	And you shrink down to be really tiny.
0:35.8	The size of a sesame seed.
0:39.0	You still have a really big spirit and charisma and magnetism and draw people to you.
0:46.0	People have nicknamed you a forest fairy.
0:49.6	A fuzz, pixie, a ghost bug.
0:53.1	You have become a woolly aphid.
0:57.0	A woolly what?
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