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 banyan’s fig wasp is called Eupristina masoni.) The faithful wasps can travel over great distances, bringing pollen from their birthplace to another tree far away. This allows fig trees to ...

The eggs hatch, and the babies mate. The male wasps dig a hole, allowing the females to escape with eggs and pollen and carry them to another fig tree. The mother wasp dies after laying eggs ...

Image caption, Fig wasps attach themselves to an individual tree and spread its pollen Fig wasps attach themselves to an individual tree and spread its pollen. Each tree is exclusively pollinated ...

This fig wasp proves that plants of the fig genus existed ... this specimen likely grew on the bark of the algarrobo tree with others of its kind. When the cinnamon-colored mushroom was overrun ...

There are more than 600 types of fig tree across the world’s jungles ... no more than two millimetres in length. The female fig wasp plays a key part in the pollination of fig trees.