When you see a stunning tree at the garden center, you probably don't think about its potential toxicity -- but you should!

In a remarkable discovery, researchers in South Africa have uncovered evidence suggesting that ancient hunters, some 7,000 ...

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This plant, which grows across much of the country, is potentially fatal when ingested yet is often mistaken for edible ...

Amid some renewed interest in foraging for edible wild plants, mushrooms and other foodstuffs, experts caution aspiring ...

Whenever dealing with these plants, especially poisonous weeds you should never touch bare-handed, make sure to wear hand ...

This academic year, the gallery features the exhibition Plant Based: Botanical Innovations From Paper to Poison. The library describes: “The artifacts gathered in this exhibition demonstrate the ...

Five people have died and three others have been injured following a toxic gas leak on Tuesday in a chemical plant in ...

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Legendary tales featured in “The Power of Poison” exhibition include Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” where three witches brew a ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Prof. Anne Pringle, a mycologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, about the latest research on death cap mushrooms, revealing new information about the enigmatic ...