The Queen of Trees

The remarkable story of an African fig tree and the special relationship it has with a tiny insect partner.

• Drama
• Documentary

• 57 Mins
• 2005
• en

• star7.3/ 10

In Africa, the giant fig tree and the tiny fig wasp differ in size a billion times over, but neither could exist without the other. Their extraordinary relationship is a marvel of co-evolution, a marriage which has lasted for millennia. It forms the basis of a complex web of dependency that supports entire ecosystems, providing food for thousands of creatures, from elephants, giraffes, and fruit bats, to forest hornbills, monkeys, insects, and fish.