Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Figs are successful forest trees with some 900 separate species worldwide.

The strangler fig is one of the most iconic trees of Costa Rica. They’re present throughout most of the country’s varied landscapes, their life history is fascinating, they’re a food source and home ...

After surviving a hideous car crash in 1980, my friend Tucker Comstock experienced a spiritual refurbishment that helped her shed society’s mean limitations and jettisoned her free into a life filled ...

While we are increasingly understanding the many cooperative relationships that can exist between plants, in the jungle, one lifestyle remains quite mysterious: that of strangler trees that kill their ...