Four people have died and three others have required a liver transplants after eating the death cap mushroom that is proliferating in California following a rainy winter.

The Hemlock water dropwort - also known as dead man's fingers - is the most poisonous plant in the UK.

There are, however, some places in the world where it pays to keep an eagle eye out for anything moving in your direction – ...

Hidden inside Alnwick Castle sits the Poison Garden a collection of plants so dangerous that special permission is required to grow them. The garden contains species capable of causing paralysis organ ...