San Diego has the perfect set of environmental conditions for fig trees to thrive. Gardeners who want a fig tree in their ...

Thrips are tiny insects – their sizes range between 0.5mm and 15mm in length and many are shorter than 5mm. But the damage ...

These are female figs that produce seeds and are the ones we typically consume. The Fig Wasp: Tiny Architects of Pollination Fig wasps, belonging to the family Agaonidae, are incredibly ...

Jyoti Raghavan started the Forest Spirit Learning in Gurugram to help children spend time understanding forests and nature.

If you want to understand the jungle, you can't be content just to sail back and forth near the shore. You've got to get into it, no matter how strange and frightening it might seem.” – Carl ...

Extensive pruning is best done over a period of two to three years to lessen shock to the tree, with no more than one-third ...

The Nature inFocus Photography competition celebrates photographers who capture powerful moments in natural history and highlight critical conservation issues. Each year, the contest showcases a ...

Winner, Wildscape and animals in their habitat High in the Andean mountains of Ecuador, Tony, a large, male spectacled bear, shelters from the midday heat beneath the shade of a century-old fig ...

Keep the room temperatures no cooler than about 15 C or the plant will go dormant. Ficus can be susceptible to spider mite — ...