Late this winter, a rainstorm broke the drought and pushed the stands of poison oak into leaf. The scraggly branches of the bushes and shoots awoke. From dull gray tips, three tiny twists of ...

Poison oak is shiny and rust-colored in spring. After heavy winter rains, the plant is blooming across the Bay Area, including along the Estero Trail at Point Reyes National Seashore May 13, 2017.

The Morro Bay area’s popular state parks aren’t the only places to hike in the region. Two nature preserves, Elfin Forest and Sweet Springs, are good bayside jaunts for hikers and bird ...

A sign advises about a shark attack Friday, Dec. 24, 2021 in Morro Bay, Calif. A surfer was killed in an apparent shark attack on Christmas Eve off the central coast of California, authorities ...

There are a number of plants to avoid in Delaware. Here's how to identify the big three – poison ivy, oak and sumac.

By the time neighbors in Glen Canyon discovered that some NAP volunteers decided to plant poison oak as part of their back-to-nature theme, park activists throughout the city began to get a little ...

There are a number of plants to avoid in Delaware. Here's how to identify the big three – poison ivy, oak and sumac.

Itch warning: Outdoor enthusiasts need to use caution to avoid poison oak after heavy rains in Northern California this past winter have resulted in an abundance of the devilish shrub.

More than 20 California sea otters, nearly 1 percent of the wild population, have turned up dead or sick around Morro Bay over the past week, most likely the victims of a natural marine toxin ...

Jeff Horwitz, reporter for The Wall Street Journal, has developed an immunity to poison oak after eating the leaves in smoothies.

Sacramento man killed in Morro Bay shark attack is identified by family A sign advises about a shark attack Friday in Morro Bay, Calif., where a boogie boarder was killed.