Also called belladonna, its berries contain toxins that cause hallucinations, paralysis, and fatal respiratory failure. This attractive plant contains digitalis, which affects the heart. Ingestion ...

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Here, these social birds form flocks and live in family groups. Most hooded pitohuis are well-known by the people of New Guinea for having a “garbage-like” taste and smell when cooked, and they were ...

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Pruning can also be considered preventive maintenance for both insect and disease damage. Many problems may be prevented by pruning correctly during the formative years for a tree or shrub. The late ...

While decorated in bold red, snow white and sharp black, these creatures are more than just a pretty face and have some very ...

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Plants can be toxic, known to many people who experience contact dermatitis from the "poison" plants (e.g., poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac); however, one person's poison may be another ...

There’s yet more evidence that exposure to plastics can be harmful to health. Recent research indicates that black plastic found in items like food containers, kitchen utensils, and toys often ...

A mother has died and her three daughters have fallen sick after taking rodenticides mistaken as medicine for intestinal worms in Singra upazila of Natore, said police this morning (6 February). The ...

Toxicology is the scientific discipline concerned with the detection, evaluation and prevention of the toxic effects of substances that humans are exposed to. It has a key role in the development ...