Q Can you identify this plant for me? It has oval, pointed leaves and milky sap when the leaves are broken off. The plant has been growing in a pot for many years but I do not know what it is. — Sal ...

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 ...

One of the mystery plants for this week was a series of trees with large roots on the ground and around buildings. There was a lot of interest in the plants, with quite a few guesses. While there were ...

Strangler fig in Tangkoko Sulawesi. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2010. Strangler figs starts life as a tiny seed in the canopy. The roots grow down to the forest floor where they take root and begin to ...

We are looking at a home to buy. It has a huge strangler fig wrapped around a rock pillar at the front door and I am wondering if it is possible to remove it before it eats the house. I don't know how ...

A tropical tree at the San Diego Zoo embarks this week on a journey of epic proportions. While the tree will travel only 240 feet over five days, the move is a major logistical undertaking with a $250 ...

Some ficus species are strangler figs The seeds are eaten by birds and pass through the digestive tract undamaged If they are excreted on the branch of a tree in the feces of the birds and remain ...