Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Figs are successful forest trees with some 900 separate species worldwide.

The Iban community in West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, says it believes large strangler fig trees are inhabited by dangerous spirits, leading community members to protect these trees from harm ...

“By themselves the figs could build a forest,” ecologist EJH Corner wrote almost a century ago. Now a fascinating book, Gods, Wasps, and Stranglers: the secret history and redemptive future of fig ...

The strangler fig is one of the most iconic trees of Costa Rica. They’re present throughout most of the country’s varied landscapes, their life history is fascinating, they’re a food source and home ...

Explore a cornucopia of information from fig experts in France and South Africa. Kids can explore the sycomore fig tree and then participate in a challenge to crown the queen of their backyard. Read ...

Works on paper, Watercolor, archival pigment print on laser cut paper 11/09/2019–12/15/2019 Christine Neill: Observations from the Valley Floor "Christine Neill: Observations from the Valley Floor", ...