Ollie identified 10 of the most common summertime plants that are toxic to dogs using research from the ASPCA, AKC, and ...

In early May while tending the garden of my home in Menlo Park, I came across two nondescript mushrooms emerging from the mulch. “Toadstools,” I thought, pulled them up by hand and discarded them.

Well over half of the human population is sensitive to poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac. Rashes usually peak in early summer, and tens of thousands of people in the United States go to the ...

Poison frogs are small and brightly colored amphibians that originate from Central and South America. As suggested by their name, these frogs can release highly toxic chemicals from their skin, which ...

NBC Select independently determines what we cover and recommend. When you click on or buy through our links, we earn a commission. Learn more. Bethany Heitman Contributing Editor As the weather warms, ...

Lillian Hellman, gathers up a Jewish family of toadstools to prove that modern U.S. life is poisonous. In this emetic comedy, Playwright Hellman retches over psychoanalysts, alcoholics, beatniks, ...

Some of the best-known medicines come from poisonous plants. The chemotherapy drug taxol comes from the yew tree, morphine from the opium poppy and digoxin from the foxglove. These plants can have ...

Put away your spandex, hairspray, and red bandanna. The Poison 40th anniversary — which Bret Michaels and others in the band spent years teasing — is no longer happening. Poison drummer Rikki Rockett ...

Cassandra Peterson still can’t believe it took this long to get her cookbook made. “I’ve been pitching this damn thing for years,” she says, laughing. “Publishers kept thinking it was just another ...

SEATTLE — A plant-based substance marketed as a natural energy booster is concerning Washington's poison center. The substance, known as "kratom," is an herbal supplement that's often sold in ...

Gardeners and hikers beware: Poison ivy may look like an unassuming plant, but it's one you're going to want to be able to identify before you wind up with an uncomfortable rash. If you do come home ...