Outside magazine, November 1995 Embraced by the Strangler Fig Cut loose with the world’s most maddeningly optimistic adventurer By Randy Wayne White After surviving a hideous car crash in 1980, my ...

The strangler fig is a keystone species in the tropics, providing food and shelter, and a place to poop for 17 different ...

In his time spent in the lush canopies of Costa Rica's cloud forest, UConn Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ...

Strangler fig in Tangkoko Sulawesi. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2010. Strangler figs starts life as a tiny seed in the canopy. The roots grow down to the forest floor where they take root and begin to ...

One of the mystery plants for this week was a series of trees with large roots on the ground and around buildings. There was a lot of interest in the plants, with quite a few guesses. While there were ...

Some ficus species are strangler figs The seeds are eaten by birds and pass through the digestive tract undamaged If they are excreted on the branch of a tree in the feces of the birds and remain ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. The Brazilian walnut tree is majestic in size and strength. But this beautiful tree has one enemy, the strangler fig. When a ...