Fresh figs are irresistible from late summer through early fall, when trees droop from the weight of these luscious, caramelly fruits. Nothing stands between fig lovers and this bounty, except … wasps ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." You’ve probably heard rumors about figs being filled with dead wasps. That's only sort of true. It is ...

Figs and wasps have a symbiotic relationship to keep reproducing A wasp in my fig? That’s what a social media post claimed. The video went into great detail to explain how female wasps enter figs to ...

If you don’t believe in soulmates, then the closest thing is the scientific notion of codependent evolution. (Very different from plain ol’ codependency.) This evolutionary kismet takes millions of ...

Figs are actually inverted flowers that prevents a typical pollination process. This is when pollinators like wasp make its way into the small opening and lay eggs. The female wasp may lose her wings ...

Q: Some time back I listened to a radio caller asking about wasps that pollinate figs. Based on what I heard, I told my sister that the wasps only pollinate the Mission figs that grow in California.

Figs and wasps share a unique mutualistic relationship, where wasps pollinate figs while laying their eggs inside the fruit. Ficin, an enzyme in figs, breaks down wasp bodies if they die inside, ...

Figs are one of my favorite foods. They're sweet and floral, and there's something about the texture that I find so delightful—the outside is soft, but the seeds in the middle give you this totally ...

A question for Dan Gill: Could you give me some tips on how to pollinate figs? I have a 2 1/2-year-old tree full of green figs, but they never turn ripe. The figs fall off, and more continue to come ...

For the most part, the path of a vegan has one simple rule: Don't consume animal products or engage in the exploitation of animals. Easy enough, it would seem, until the topic of figs comes into the ...