Figs and wasps have a symbiotic relationship dating back millions of years. While the claim that every fig you eat has a dead wasp inside it isn't true, it is the case that fig wasps are the ...

The animal I sought, however, was in hiding. I picked a fig and split it with my finger. A brown wasp emerged, slightly stunned. The wasp had lived its entire life inside that fig. It was no ...

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 ...

An agent from the U.S. Department of Agriculture collected these wasps in Italy and Algeria and shipped them back home in 1899, where the figs delivered their promise. At the industry’s peak in ...

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False: Fig Newtons Have Bits Of Wasp In Them One of the most pervasive false facts about Fig Newtons is also one that affects ...

Wasps use figs as breeding safe havens, pollinating their fruit shelters in return. Some wasps, however, solipsistically use their figs without fertilizing any seeds. A series of rodent experiments ...

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 ...