Ficus
Why one fig tree in the middle of nowhere has a 24-hour armed guard
The stranglers that save lives when cyclones strike
Where falling fig trees portend political change
Fresh evidence of the power of fig trees to sustain wildlife and restore lost forests
Amazing photo of Buddha’s head engulfed by strangler fig roots
The magic of tropical forests and the fig trees that live in them
Can living fig-tree bridges save lives in a changing climate?
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Why are so many strangler figs home to ghosts and goblins?
The orangutan, the strangler fig and the photographer — a story of entwined lives
Tim Laman / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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