Michigan's summer climate provides ideal growing conditions for many flowers and other plants we enjoy — and for a few poisonous, three-leafed plants we all could do without. Though the common phrase: ...

Enjoying the outdoors carries the danger of running into nature’s less-friendly side: toxic plants and animals. As toxicologists at the University of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Poison Center, we see many ...

Just thinking about poison ivy can make you itch. Blistering rashes on your arms and ankles, oozing bumps between your fingers and eyelid-swelling exposures are all-too-familiar summer hazards. Poison ...

You're working in your garden, pulling weeds and making sure everything looks pretty. A few hours later, while admiring your garden, you start to feel an itch on your arm and notice some red bumps. At ...

Summer is finally here, so that means it's time for hikes in woods and trips into the outdoors. But if you're not careful, you might come across an unwelcomed part of nature — poison ivy. So before ...

With the arrival of summer comes more time spent outdoors — which also means a greater risk of itchy skin conditions. Bug bites and stings are naturally more prevalent in the warmer weather, which ...

Enjoying the outdoors carries the danger of running into nature's less-friendly side: toxic plants and animals. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. As toxicologists at ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christopher P. Holstege, University of Virginia and Sandra H. Nixon, University of ...