Author: mike shanahan
Magical trees, living bridges and a human butterfly
Can living fig-tree bridges save lives in a changing climate?
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A great month for a book about fig trees
Why are so many strangler figs home to ghosts and goblins?
‘I didn’t choose figs — They seduced me’
The orangutan, the strangler fig and the photographer — a story of entwined lives
Tim Laman / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Under The Banyan 