It starts off as a small, itchy patch of skin you scratch absentmindedly. But within a few days, an intensely itchy, bubbling rash emerges. Ugh, it’s poison ivy. When were you were exposed? And more ...

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 ...

My recent column on poison ivy has resulted in several tips from readers about how to prevent and deal with it once you got it. Reader Arley Morey of East Syracuse emailed me the following about using ...

LONDONDERRY, N.H. — A group of goats were hard at work recently in a neighborhood in southern New Hampshire, gnawing through pesky vines of poison ivy and bittersweet — a midday meal they thoroughly ...

Spring officially arrived on March 20, but for many gardeners and outdoor enthusiasts, the real start of spring occurs the first time the telltale itching, skin rash and blistering appear after ...

The pastures and barns of Great Rock Farm on Boston’s North Shore have long been home to horses, sheep, ewes and herding dogs. But in recent years, it’s the farm’s goats who have stepped into the ...

New seedlings of poison ivy are easily overlooked. They may have a reddish tint to their foliage and will appear upright. As they get older, they will begin to vine and grow up nearby shrubs or trees.