Fig wasps and fig trees share a fascinating and complex mutualistic relationship that is crucial for the reproduction of both partners. This relationship is characterized by the unique way in ...

Santo Domingo.- Researcher Candy Ramírez of the Rafael M. Moscoso Botanical and Zoological Research Institute at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo has identified Platyscapa quadraticeps, a ...

According to Bon Appétit, when a female wasp enters a fig that requires pollination, a gruesome process occurs: during the egg-laying process, the female wasp's antennae snap, and her wings are ...

You’ve probably heard rumors about figs being filled with dead wasps. That's only sort of true. It is true that, without fig ...

The lifecycles of figs and fig wasps are studied as a way of understanding the evolution of mutualism. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted ...

The female fig wasp plays a key part in the pollination of fig trees. There are a handful of days when a fig - which is not a fruit, but a type of flower - is in the correct stage of development ...

This fig wasp proves that plants of the fig genus existed in the amber forest, even though no direct evidence of fig trees or shrubs has turned up in Dominican amber. Each species of fig today has ...

Wasps and fig trees swap favors: the fruit serves as the insects' breeding grounds and the wasps pollinate the plants. Some fig tree species can discourage wasps that don't participate in the exchange ...