UC Merced mycology grad student Chris Bivins holds up an amanita ocreata, otherwise known as western destroying angel, the ...

California health officials are warning residents not to pick or eat wild mushrooms after a prolonged and unusual bloom of poisonous varieties has been linked to dozens of illnesses and several deaths ...

The air we breathe is a mixture of different gases made up of 78.1% (by volume) nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.9% argon, and 0.04% carbon dioxide. Oxygen is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere, essential ...

"Flowers are the music of the ground from earth’s lips spoken without sound" is a famous quote by Edwin Curran, which is a beautiful way to describe the beauty and importance of flowers in nature.

Mushrooms exist in a breathtaking variety of shapes, colors and sizes. Especially in autumn, mushroom hunters go into the forests to find the tastiest of them, prepare them in multiple ways and eat ...

We have done a number of posts on horrifying creatures, plants, and other organisms that have the ability to kill you. Of course, many creatures that we have covered are not amazingly large ...

Nature's deadliest creatures employ distinct defense mechanisms. Venomous animals inject toxins through bites or stings, like cobras and jellyfish. Poisonous organisms release toxins that harm when ...

Unexpected things in our kitchen or around us can be poisonous. These poisonous things can be something you eat, something you use, or something you find in nature. From potatoes to cherry pits, these ...