Although figs appear entirely plant based, their life cycle often includes a pollinating wasp that cannot leave the fruit once inside. Modern cultivation produces both pollinated and non pollinated ...

The life of the fig wasp is nature at its worst—from our human perspective, anyway. In order to lay their eggs, female fig wasps have to squeeze into the flowering body of a fig, losing their wings ...

FIGS, the leading brand in healthcare apparel, is opening its newest retail location in New York City's Upper East Side. The store will serve as both a shopping destination and a gathering place for ...

FIGS (FIGS) delivered an upbeat Q3 2025 earnings report, showing strong revenue and net income growth. The company raised its full-year guidance, which fueled optimism about future performance and ...

Cozy and classic: Bourbon, Angostura, and ripe fig mix for a seasonal sip you’ll make all winter. The Fig Old Fashioned is a spirit-forward bourbon cocktail flavored with fig. The cozy bourbon ...

These variegated, collaged-looking nests — fetching up to $250 each — are a recent fixation in interior design. Indoors, a wasp nest can look like a sculpture that both “elevates living spaces” and ...

Jaco Greeff received funding from the National Research Foundation. Any opinion, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and therefore the NRF ...

One of the most popular houseplants today is the fiddle leaf fig (Ficus lyrata). Yet this arboreal gem is also a candidate for outdoor growing. You would not know this from looking at the climate ...

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UPPER POTTSGROVE TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- The 2nd annual Pennsylvania Fig Festival featured fanatics of the famous fruit from across the state and beyond. Guests were greeted by growers of fig ...

University of Maryland Biology Professor Carlos Machado studies the extraordinary partnership between figs and their tiny pollinators—and what happens when some evolutionary partners turn into ...

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 ...