A stampede at a food distribution site run by an Israeli-backed American organization in the Gaza Strip killed 20 Palestinians on Wednesday.

For those spending much of their time in the great outdoors this summer, being able to tell poisonous plants in the wild ...

They may look like tiny pillows, but they pack a toxic punch. Cigarette smoking has plummeted dramatically since 1965, but in recent years, nicotine use is on the rise thanks to vapes and nicotine ...

The young conqueror fell suddenly and fatally ill at an all-night feast. Now, a Stanford historian has found a potential ...

Losing the Y chromosome seems to make cancer cells more aggressive in men and the phenomenon might even spread between cells.

Army researchers have developed a potential antidote to the deadly poison cyanide. The new injectable antidote was invented at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense.

The toxin is deadlier than cyanide and is among the most lethal substances in the animal kingdom. It’s the same substance found in certain poison dart frogs halfway round the world.

These birds carry a toxin deadlier than cyanide New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a source of scientific ...

THE alleged poison mushroom cook’s texts to her estranged husband before the deadly dinner have been revealed. Erin Patterson, 50, is facing four charges – three cou… ...

THE trial of the alleged poison mushroom cook has begun with a shocking twist, as some charges have been mysteriously dropped. Erin Patterson, 50, now faces four charges – three counts of mur… ...

The city has confiscated 140 pounds of banned rat poison this month but street vendors keep selling the stuff – as one expert warned the black market could have deadly consequences.

German police officers raided the family home of a teen accused of producing and storing several vials of a potentially deadly ricin-aconitine mixture in eastern Saxony early Thursday morning.