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Strangler figs

What happened when Christian missionaries met Kenya’s sacred fig trees

April 11, 2018June 10, 2025 / mike shanahan / 4 Comments

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Become an eye in the sky to help scientists count orangutans

February 19, 2018April 6, 2018 / mike shanahan / Leave a comment

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See what it’s like when a strangler fig explodes with life

September 1, 2017June 23, 2025 / mike shanahan / 4 Comments

Rhinoceros hornbills eating ripe figs

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Where falling fig trees portend political change

May 17, 2017September 21, 2018 / mike shanahan / Leave a comment

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Amazing photo of Buddha’s head engulfed by strangler fig roots

April 28, 2017November 16, 2017 / mike shanahan / Leave a comment

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Can living fig-tree bridges save lives in a changing climate?

December 5, 2016September 3, 2019 / mike shanahan / 4 Comments

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Why are so many strangler figs home to ghosts and goblins?

October 31, 2016October 31, 2024 / mike shanahan / Leave a comment

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The orangutan, the strangler fig and the photographer — a story of entwined lives

October 19, 2016June 23, 2025 / mike shanahan / Leave a comment
Orangutan climbing the pillar root of a strangler fig (Ficus stupenda)

Tim Laman / Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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