these hidden flowers must be pollinated by fig wasps, which crawl inside the fig, depositing pollen and laying their eggs. Not all modern fig plants require pollination, though. Since at least ...

Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in ...

This fig wasp proves that plants of the fig genus existed ... Instead, the beetle lays its eggs on or near flowers. When its larvae hatch, they wait for a wasp to alight on the flower to imbibe ...

and the male wasps fly outside, followed by females. They take their eggs as well as some pollen which are transported to ...

San Diego has the perfect set of environmental conditions for fig trees to thrive. Gardeners who want a fig tree in their backyard should plan on putting the tree into the ground in spring or early ...