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 ...

WILLMAR -- Wild parsnip, a noxious weed which can cause painful burns and blisters, has been spotted in Willmar. The city has put out a warning to residents and visitors to keep clear of the plant if ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 re-apply. Dehydration? You fight it with an always-full water bottle. You’ve ...

Nate Lielasus was pleasantly surprised when he spotted a golden yellow plant poking through the chain-link fence west of the North Avenue Bridge as he walked back to work after lunch one recent ...

As if you needed another reason to stay inside this summer: A Vermont woman literally just brushed up against a plant and wound up with some pretty serious blisters. Photo credit: Charlotte Murphy ...

When the rash a young woman had on her leg after falling into a parsnip plant transformed into a viscous burn emphasized by a yellow puss-filled blister the size of a tennis ball, she knew something ...

(FOX News) -- 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 ...

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 ...