Fig souring (or sour rot) renders fruit inedible. It’s caused by yeast and bacteria, usually spread by insects. You’ll know it by the fermented smell, clear ooze from the fig’s eye and eventually, ...

Scientists discovered that fig trees in Kenya can store carbon dioxide as calcium carbonate rocks inside their trunks and ...

We all know that trees are an important part of our climate efforts. But we usually envision this as lush forests soaking up ...

Touch the fruit. Not all figs show obvious signs of ripening. Some, including the popular LSU Gold cultivar, remain green ...

In my opinion, the easiest fruit to grow in Southeast Texas is the fig—by far! Common figs ( Ficus carica) are unique because ...

When you picture a flower and a pollinator, the odds are you’re imagining a colorful, perfumed flower, and a honeybee.

It may seem obvious that figs get a green check for anyone living with a vegan diet, but that's actually not the case. Here's ...

Lovingly named Sunshine, the queen palm has been displaced from its home at the corner of First and Hill streets in downtown ...

The grey patches are likely lichen, a combination of a fungus and an algae. It is harmless to you and the tree. It is common ...

This is a mounted specimen of leaves from a common fig tree. The leaves are large, broad, and green; with two deeper divots on the top of each leaf and two shallower divots at the base of each leaf.