Planet Ficus
Mike ShanahanAstounding stories of how fig trees shaped humanity and the world about us.
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Fig Trees Can Be Keystones For Insect-Eating Animals Too
Biologist David Mackay got a surprise when he began studying the birds visiting fig trees in his native Australia: While he expected to see plenty of species coming to eat the figs, he didn’t expect the insect-eaters to outnumber them two-t...
Strangler Figs Are the Rainforest’s Pop-Up Restaurants
“If you drop, you are dead,” said Siba anak Aji. I had met him just an hour earlier and already I liked his sense of humour.
But he was right about the drop. A fall would provide plenty of opportunities to snap my neck. We were 30 metres h...
How Fig Trees Tell the Story of Our World — One Year On
One year ago today, I hit ‘publish’ on the first edition of Planet Ficus. When I launched the newsletter, I set out to amaze, inform and inspire readers with stories about what — to my mind — is the most extraordinary group of plants on Ear...
Seventeen Mammals, One Strangler Fig — A Hidden Network Discovered
When biologists Jeremy Quirós-Navarro and Tim Chamberlain hauled themselves by ropes into the canopy of a large strangler fig in the cloud forest of Costa Rica’s Tilarán Mountain Range, the only wildlife they saw was a hummingbird. But when...
Planet Ficus Monthly Roundup #11
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Each month, I’ll bring you stories from around the world that reveal just how extraordinary fig trees are — not just biologically, but culturally, spiritually and artistically.
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Former rainforest biologist, now freelance writer/editor focused on biodiversity, forests, climate, etc. I have two Substacks: Planet Ficus and Global Nature Beat.
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