You can remove poison oak from your yard by hand or with an herbicide. No matter which method you choose, wear protective gear, including long sleeves, gloves, long pants, and boots, to minimize your ...

Summer is here and in full swing. Also here are ticks, mosquitoes, bagworms, and poison hemlock. Numbers of ticks have risen ...

Shoreline communities are left to endure the consequences of pollution they didn’t cause. The unsightly, putrid, ...

Invasive Asian needle ants ramp up in the summer, and they have been spotted in Ohio. Here's where they're found and how to ...

Experts say poisonous plants are common in the Four States, but learning how to identify and avoid them can help people enjoy ...

You may want to thoroughly wash all of your grains and rice as officials warn that a common pesticide used by farmers may ...

Retired biologist Tami Gingrich explores the hidden lives of spittlebugs inside their unique homes — frothy blobs surrounding ...

VINTON COUNTY, Ohio ( WOWK /NEXSTAR) – The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has launched an ...

It may seem like a scene from "North by Northwest," but the crop dusters flying low over Ohio trees are treating for an ...

Hemlock will usually begin to bloom between Late April to early July, according to ODNR. The poisonous plant is most abundant in the western part of Ohio, but it has now spread to all 88 counties.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohioans may spot clusters of white flowers along roadsides or fence lines as a poisonous plant blooms across the state. Poison hemlock is a flowering plant that is part ...