Whether you’re hiking, gardening or just enjoying the outdoors, dangerous plants — such as giant hogweed and wild parsnip, among others — can be found in many different parts of the U.S. Here’s what ...

Giant hogweed gets the headlines, but wild parsnip causes more headaches. The spindly plant with yellow-green flowers is all over the place, it’s uncontrollable, and it has a bite. “We have a lot of ...

Outdoor summer activities can quickly turn hazardous if you come into contact with often harmless-looking but poisonous plants. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is warning residents of one ...

In summer, a suburbanite’s thoughts turn to the great outdoors. Trees, ponds, winding paths through the woods. Among all that loveliness, however, lurk some villains. Experts say before you head out ...

Here's the scenario: A giant alien invader infiltrates our woodlands and stream corridors, where it stands ready to repel human attack with a sticky goo that can cause severe blistering and permanent ...

Giant hogweed and wild parsnip can cause burns and scars if touched, officials said. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation If you see these two invasive plants when you’re out and ...

A few years ago, my dad brought a huge dead seed head from the top of what looked like giant hogweed. My dad said that he had seen a number of these plants growing almost like a grove of trees. The ...

If you're heading outdoors this summer, it pays to know the difference between poison ivy, poison oak and other rash-producing plants that will leave you itching and scratching — or worse. Most ...

In July 2013, many in the online world became aware of the hazard posed by the giant hogweed via forwardings of the full text of a 2010 Toronto National Post article reporting that the toxic plant had ...

MOSCOW, Aug. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Hogweed, which has grown over vast territories of Russia, can be useful as a material for batteries. Scientists from NUST MISIS have investigated the ...

Nothing celebrates the glorious month of May better than the wonderful froth of cow parsley running along miles of British country lanes, often beneath the equally lovely display of white hawthorn, or ...

Hogweed, which has grown over vast territories of Russia, can be useful as a material for batteries. Scientists from NUST MISIS have investigated the possibilities of fibrous substances in the plant ...