When Charlotte Murphy slid into some brush while walking along a road in Vermont, she stood back up, brushed herself off and continued on her way. But her stumble came back to haunt her days later, in ...

Planning a hike or a nature walk? You probably know to avoid poison ivy by its distinguishable three leaves on a single stem or stinging nettle by its tiny hair-like projections. But there may be one ...

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 ...

A Vermont woman who received the equivalent of second-degree chemical burns to her legs after falling into a wild parsnip plant is warning others about the dangers of the seemingly harmless herbage.

You know enough to sidestep a melted Popsicle on the sidewalk. Your devotion to sunscreen borders on religious: Yes, you reapply. Dehydration? You fight it with an always-full water bottle. You’ve ...

You know enough to sidestep a melted Popsicle on the sidewalk. Your devotion to sunscreen borders on religious: Yes, you re-apply. Dehydration? You fight it with an always-full water bottle. You’ve ...

From the thistle, clover and dandelions that invade our pristinely green residential lawns to the curly leaf pondweed, Eurasian milfoil and zebra mussels that clog up area lakes and rivers, invasive ...

You know enough to sidestep a melted Popsicle on the sidewalk. Your devotion to sunscreen borders on religious: Yes, you reapply. Dehydration? You fight it with an always-full water bottle. You’ve ...

Charlotte Murphy, of Essex, Vermont,posted on Facebook about her experience coming into contact with a poisonous wild parsnip plant. In the series of photos, Charlotte shows her leg with enormous ...