Slowing the spread of the giant hogweed plant is a gruelling, labor intensive task but progress is being made on at least one ...

A giant, toxic weed whose sap can produce skin boils and even blindness has been found in two locations, say officials with the City of Ottawa. One of the poisonous plants was spotted in a family's ...

A plant considered to be a dangerous weed has been discovered in the area of the Don Valley, Metrolinx says in a warning to the public. Metrolinx, the province's regional transit agency, said in the ...

In July 2013, many in the online world became aware of the hazard posed by the giant hogweed via forwardings of the full text of a 2010 Toronto National Post article reporting that the toxic plant had ...

Just like poison ivy, you should add giant hogweed to your mental checklist of dangerous plants. Giant hogweed is a poisonous invasive species that was intentionally introduced to the U.S. for ...

The giant hogweed is hard to miss. The monstrous plant towers up to 15 feet tall, with a crown of white flowers the size of an umbrella. They burst into bloom between the last week of June and the ...