RICHARD KIRBY / Chimpanzee feeding on ripe figs in tree {Pan troglodytes} Kibale forest, Uganda

Elio Della Ferrera / Figs ripening on Fig tree {Ficus sp} Assam, North East India, Indian Subcontinent

Tui De Roy / Sulawesi Red-knobbed Hornbill (Aceros cassidix) male delivering figs to a female sealed inside hollow nest cavity, Tangkoko Dua Saudara Nature Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Sulawesi Red-knobbed Hornbill (Aceros cassidix) male delivering figs to female sealed inside hollow tree, Tangkoko-Dua Saudara Reserve, Indonesia

Loic Poidevin / European praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) in fig tree, West France

Konrad Wothe / Double-eyed fig-parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana) feeding on figs in Rainforest, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Australia, October

Florian Möllers / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) mother "Nambi" and juvenile "Night" (3 years) feeding in fig tree. Budongo Forest Reserve, Masindi, Uganda, Africa. December

Florian Möllers / Young Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) "Kumi", female, feeding on figs. Budongo Forest Reserve, Masindi, Uganda, Africa.

Florian Möllers / Female Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) "Kewaya" (23 years), feeding on figs in giant fig tree (Ficus mucuso), Budongo Forest Reserve, Masindi, Uganda, Africa. December

Florian Möllers / Subadult Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) male "Musa" crossing rainforest clearing carrying figs in his mouth. Budongo Forest Reserve, Masindi, Uganda, Africa. December

Florian Möllers / Figs around a large fig tree provide an important food source for Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). Budongo Forest Reserve, Masindi, Uganda, Africa. December

Chien Lee / Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker (Prionochilus maculatus) juvenile feeding on figs, Semengoh Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Malaysia

Konrad Wothe / Double-eyed Fig-Parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma) feeding on figs, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Double-eyed Fig-Parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma) feeding on figs, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Pete Oxford / Pale-mandibled Aracari (Pteroglossus erythropygius) feeding on figs in cloud forest, western Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Pale-mandibled Aracari (Pteroglossus erythropygius) feeding on figs in cloud forest, western Andes, Ecuador

Merryn Thomas / Hottentot Figs (Carpobrotus edulis) in marram grass on Par Beach, St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly. May 2010

Merryn Thomas / Hottentot Figs (Carpobrotus edulis) in marram grass on Par Beach, St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly. May 2010

Staffan Widstrand / Fruit and spices for sale at the food market, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 2007

Tim Laman / Cross section of a fig from the Strangler fig (Ficus dubia) Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Fig wasp (Waterstoniella masii) female emerging through an opening in the fig that has been cut by a male wasp, this wasp species is the pollinator for the strangler fig (Ficus stupenda) Gunung Palung...

Tim Laman / Fig wasp (Waterstoniella masii) male has cut a passage through the fig wall and is seen emerging, females will use this passage to escape the fig and fly off to other fig trees carrying pollen. This...

Tim Laman / Fig wasp (Waterstoniella masii) male has cut a passage through the fig wall and is seen emerging, females will use this passage to escape the fig and fly off to other fig trees carrying pollen. This...

Tim Laman / Fig wasp (Waterstoniella masii) female emerging from split-open fig, This wasp is the pollinator for the strangler fig (Ficus stupenda) Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Cluster of figs from the understory tree (Ficus schwartzii) on leaves of that species. Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Suzi Eszterhas / Wild figs (Ficus sp.) food source for chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Tropical forest, Western Uganda,

Bruno D'Amicis / Blue / Gentle / Sykes monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) feeding on figs in forest canopy, Kaffa, Southern Ethiopia, East Africa December 2008

Nick Garbutt / Young Crab eating / Long tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) feeding on ripe figs (Ficus sp) Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Tim Laman / Black Hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus) female feeding on wild figs (Ficus stupenda). Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Black Hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus) female feeding on wild figs (Ficus stupenda). Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Butterfly feeding on figs in rainforest, Sierra Madre National Park, Luzon, Phillipines. September

Nature Production / Daito Flying Fox {Pteropus dasymallus daitoensis} feeding on figs {Ficus virgata} at night, Okinawa, Japan

Philippe Clement / Figs ripening on Fig tree (Ficus carica), botanical garden, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Figs ripening on Fig tree (Ficus carica), botanical garden, Belgium

Elio Della Ferrera / Male Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) on Strangler Fig portrait, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) mother and baby on Strangler fig, length of tail shown, Thailand 1996

Philippe Clement / Strangler Fig roots (Ficus sp), Carara National Park, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Buttress roots of Fig tree (Ficus sp), Carara NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Buttress roots of Fig tree (Ficus sp), Carara NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Strangler fig roots (Ficus sp), Carara NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Strangler fig roots (Ficus sp), Carara National Park, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Tropical Rainforest habitat, Carara National Park, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Buttress roots of Fig tree (Ficus sp), Carara National Park, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Buttress roots of Fig tree {Ficus sp}, Carara NP, Costa Rica

Willem Kolvoort / Strangler fig growing up tree in tropical rainforest, Central Surinam Nature Reserve, Suriname . 2003.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Tropical rainforest interior with Strangler fig roots, Carara NR, Costa Rica

RICHARD KIRBY / Chimpanzee feeding on ripe figs in tree {Pan troglodytes} Kibale forest, Uganda

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Strangler fig {Ficus destruens} growing up host tree trunk, Sabah, Malaysia, Indonesia

Claudio Velasquez / Looking up at Strangler fig {Ficus destruens} on host tree, Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Wild male Orang utan feeding in canopy {Pongo pygmaeus} Danum valley, Sabah, Borneo

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Guatemalan Cracker (Hamadryas guatemalena) feeding on rotten figs on forest floor, rainforest, Costa Rica

Tui De Roy / Tarictic Hornbill (Penelopides panini) male delivering Figs to female sealed inside hollow tree, Tangkoko-Dua Saudara Nature Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Tarictic Hornbill (Penelopides panini) male delivering Figs to female sealed inside hollow tree, Tangkoko-Dua Saudara Nature Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Tarictic Hornbill (Penelopides panini) male delivering Figs (Ficus forstini) to female sealed inside hollow tree, Tangkoko-Dua Saudara Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Sulawesi Red-knobbed Hornbill (Aceros cassidix) male delivering figs to female sealed inside hollow tree, Tangkoko-Dua Saudara Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Sulawesi Red-knobbed Hornbill (Aceros cassidix) male delivering Figs to female sealed in hollow tree nest cavity, Tangkoko-Dua Saudara Nature Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Sulawesi Red-knobbed Hornbill (Aceros cassidix) male delivering Figs to female sealed in hollow tree nest cavity, Tangkoko-Dua Saudara Nature Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Staffan Widstrand / Figs ripening on Fig tree {Ficus carica} Greece

Hiroya Minakuchi / Three-horned Rhinoceros Beetle (Chalcosoma moellenkampi) and figs, Malaysia

Angelo Giampiccolo / Indian figs in front of boats moored in the small harbour of Maratea, Basiliacata, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Indian figs in front of boats moored in the small harbour of Maratea, Basiliacata, Italy.

Roberto Rinaldi / Lipari coastline, Aeolian islands north of Sicily, Italy. In the background is Vulcano (also part of the aeolian islands).