Another relatively unknown, yet fascinating, fig type is the strangler fig, which overtakes a host tree, and produces edible fruits that range from delicious to bland in taste. Believe it or not ...

Rocky outcrops and caves provide cover for resting leopards and their young. The fig trees that surround the gorge afford a good view of the terrain, as well as providing a place to stash kills ...

Fig Newtons are a unique cookie (or cake?) with their oblong shape, fig filling, and hidden history. We dug into this treat's ...

Fast Facts on Pruning Fig Trees Prune a fig tree early in its life to begin establishing the shape you wish it to take on.

The strangler fig, as a hemi-epiphyte, is renowned for its unique "strangling" behavior. Its colonization and establishment on some trees in tropical urban green spaces form a distinctive ...

FIG TREES is a documentary opera about AIDS activists Tim McCaskell of Toronto and Zackie Achmat of Capetown as they fight for access to treatment drugs. Documentary interviews, speeches ...

But it is no ordinary tree. The majestic fig tree, which is 100 years old and towers over a section of Waiyaki Way in the west of Nairobi, had been sentenced to death to make way for an expressway ...

For reasons of convenience, many figs are imported hard and immature. When buying figs, it's worth noting that they do not ripen after picking, so choose the ripest fruits you can. Look for figs ...

Once roots are well established, an inch of water every couple of weeks is sufficient. To add more fig trees to your collection, propagating by cuttings is an easy task. In winter when the plant ...

After writing about the fig beetle – a shiny green scarab beetle that feeds on overripe fruit and decomposing organic matter ...

For example, in the cold wet climates of the northern latitudes, rates of photosynthesis exceed decomposition resulting in high levels of SOC (Fig. 3). Arid regions have low levels of SOC mostly ...