A coalition of animal-welfare groups, conservationists and veterinarians is urging Ottawa to ban the use of strychnine poison, saying it causes undue suffering to animals and is leading to the deaths ...

Reuters reports that Rio 2016 weightlifting bronze medalist Izzat Artykov tested positive for strychnine, which is on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s list of banned substances. Artykov, who represents ...

Like most awful poisons, strychnine got its reputation early. Unlike most awful poisons, it was rarely mistaken for anything else. Here’s why strychnine is one of the world’s most common, but least ...

Also called the Asian vomit button tree, the strychnine tree contains one of nature’s deadliest poisons, famously featured in ...

Researchers from the Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology have unraveled the complete biosynthetic pathway for strychnine, which is naturally produced by the poison nut tree (Strychnos nux-vomica ...

Strychnine poisoning is a horrible and, nowadays, unusual way to die. But it was the fate of an unidentified man found on Saddleworth moor last year On 11 December 2015, a man bought a return train ...

A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena disclosed the complete biosynthetic pathway for the formation of strychnine in the plant species Strychnos nux-vomica (poison ...

Farmers in Alberta and Saskatchewan likely won't be using strychnine this spring. The controversial rodenticide was authorized for controlled and time-limited emergency use in Alberta and Saskatchewan ...

Environmental groups are wondering why Ottawa wants to ban farmers from killing gophers with strychnine but plans to allow provincial governments to use it against wolves. "All of the concerns are the ...