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The Queen of Trees: Photo Essay: An Extraordinary Ecosystem

The sycomore fig tree is the center of an entire ecosystem, producing several tons of fruit a year and feeding a greater variety of animals than any other kind of tree in Africa.

Aug 26th, 2009 | 10 comments | 6,752 Views
(23 votes)
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The Queen of Trees: Video: Mutual Dependence

The sycomore fig tree and the fig wasp share a curious and important co-dependency.

Aug 25th, 2009 | 10 comments | 8,009 Views
(20 votes)
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The Queen of Trees: Video: Giving Food and Shelter

Located along the riverbanks of southern Kenya, the sycomore fig tree feeds more varieties of animals than any other kind of tree in Africa.

Aug 24th, 2009 | 17 comments | 7,799 Views
(20 votes)
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The Queen of Trees: Introduction

(Airs Sunday, August 30) It may be one of nature's oddest couples: a tiny wasp and a giant fig tree. The wasp and the fig depend on each other for survival.

Aug 9th, 2009 | 63 comments | 30,546 Views
(56 votes)
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The Queen of Trees: Fig Trees: From the Sacred to the Strangler

Figs come in all shapes and sizes. Some are trees, while others are bushes or vines. Some are considered sacred, and some will even strangle other trees to death.

Jul 27th, 2008 | 4 comments | 3,898 Views
(6 votes)
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In the Valley of the Wolves: Reintroduction of the Wolves

Nearly a dozen years since the wolves returned to Yellowstone, the recovery of that system to its natural balance is well underway.

Jun 4th, 2008 | 9 comments | 5,589 Views
(10 votes)
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Living Edens: Big Sur: Sudden Oak Death

Sudden oak death is caused by a mysterious fungus, and its victims are California's beloved oak trees, the leafy, stout-stalked emblems of the Big Sur coast.

Mar 24th, 2008 | 0 comments | 1,322 Views
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Deep Jungle: Monsters of the Forest: The Amazing Brazil Nut Tree

Brazil nut trees are among the giants of South America's Amazon. They tower up to 200 feet high, and they provide habitat and food for numerous forest creatures.

Apr 24th, 2005 | 3 comments | 3,373 Views
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Deep Jungle: Monsters of the Forest: Introduction

NATURE's "Deep Jungle: Monsters of the Forest" takes you in depth, home to millions of marvelous species, and be treated to a front-row seat to the Amazon.

Apr 24th, 2005 | 1 comment | 5,807 Views
(15 votes)
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Gremlins: Faces in the Forest: Production Credits

Marmosets and Tamarins are the world's smallest monkeys. These animals, some never seen before, are the subject of Gremlins: Faces in The Forest.

Jun 2nd, 2002 | 1 comment | 989 Views
(5 votes)
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