Because these flowers bloom inside the fig pod, they present a unique challenge: How to pollinate them? Enter the wasps. Female wasps venture inside the fig flower to lay their eggs. This symbiotic ...

Female fig wasps enter a fig through a small opening called the ostiole to lay their eggs. As they enter, they also carry pollen from the fig where they were born. When the wasp moves around ...

A female wasp squeezes into a small opening in the fig flower to lay her eggs, and in doing so, her wings and antennae often break off, leaving her unable to exit. She dies inside the fig ...

These wasps lay their eggs inside the larvae, or maggots, and remain there until the larvae turn into immobile pupae, at which point the wasp eggs mature into wasp larvae that consume the fly pupa ...

The cysts are the remains of wasp eggs that the fly successfully suppressed, thanks to the insertion of a toxin gene that originated in a bacteriophage. In the continual arms race between ...

Two early-stage wasp larvae removed from a fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, that had been parasitized by the wasp Leptopilina boulardi. The fly expressed the fusionB gene that UC Berkeley ...

Figs and their leaves are packed with nutrients like copper and vitamin B6 and offer a variety of potential health benefits. Figs (Ficus carica) are a unique fruit resembling a teardrop. They’re ...

Eggs are rich in key nutrients, some of which, like choline, are rare in the modern diet. Eggs provide protein, fat, and important vitamins while being relatively low in calories. Eating eggs as ...

Humans aren't the only animals to consume alcohol. But although the behavior is likely widespread in the wild, scientists ...

These wasps lay their eggs inside the larvae, or maggots, and remain there until the larvae turn into immobile pupae, at which point the wasp eggs mature into wasp larvae that consume the fly pupa ...

It's becoming increasingly important to Americans to stretch their dollar -- and in this case -- their egg. We spoke with a food safety expert to learn everything you need to know about properly ...