Recently, after writing about mangoes, I received the following email from Steve Huffman: “It might be worth mentioning that mango sap can cause skin irritation similar to poison ivy. When I was ...

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By Ghana’s riverside, a child once fetched clean water with a calabash and sang joyfully. Today, the same child, now grown, cannot even dip a toe in the same river without getting eczema. As for ...

Queen Anne’s lace looks very similar to poison hemlock to the untrained eye, but remember: Purple on the stem, stay away from them.

The pong pong tree isn't just "The White Lotus" fiction. The science behind the killer seeds from the "suicide tree" are real and can be deadly, even in small doses.