In 1775, 250 years ago, William Withering, a physician practising in Birmingham, learnt of a folk remedy for dropsy involving the use of digitalis from purple foxgloves. He started to use it in his ...

Alnwick Garden in Northumberland, England, is home to the Poison Garden, which contains around 100 deadly and toxic plants.

The heart drug digoxin could potentially be combined with existing cancer therapies to prevent the spread of tumors, an early ...

Self-seeding plants make gardening easier by naturally dropping seeds and growing new plants without much effort. These ...