Claims that poinsettias can cause serious health problems or death in pets greatly exaggerate their risk, experts say.

If you want to bring the holiday spirit indoors with different festive plants, you should absolutely know which ones to keep ...

It is important to be aware of landscaping plants that are toxic to dogs, some so poisonous that even small nibbles can lead ...

There are lots of delicious edible mushrooms that grow across North America. There are even more poisonous mushrooms that foragers should leave alone. When it comes to safe, successful foraging, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The plant that is said to have been used to execute Socrates could also be in your backyard, as the highly poisonous plant continues to spread throughout Ohio. Poison Hemlock ...

"Flowers are the music of the ground from earth’s lips spoken without sound" is a famous quote by Edwin Curran, which is a beautiful way to describe the beauty and importance of flowers in nature.

Test your knowledge of the Pacific Northwest's most notorious flora, intermixed in this quiz with photos of their harmless lookalikes. Can you tell them apart? Let's find out now, before you learn the ...

Unexpected things in our kitchen or around us can be poisonous. These poisonous things can be something you eat, something you use, or something you find in nature. From potatoes to cherry pits, these ...

Your 100th birthday might seem like a distant dream, but what if the foods sitting on your dinner plate tonight are secretly sabotaging that goal? Valter Longo, PhD, a professor of gerontology and ...