When you see a stunning tree at the garden center, you probably don't think about its potential toxicity -- but you should!

On Feb. 3, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game reported two elk calves had dropped dead in the Warm Springs part of Ketchum, Idaho. They join 19 other elk from Mapleton, Utah as the latest victims ...

BENEATH those rugged elms, that yew-tree’s shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mould’ring heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. It is the loveliest ...

NOT far behind the oak stands the yew in popular estimation. Its associations, its form, its distribution, its utility, account for this. We consider it an aboriginal native, and so no doubt it is.

Taxol is a widely used chemotherapy drug – it has been used to treat millions of ovarian, breast, and lung cancer patients. Today, it’s mainly produced by extracting its chemical precursor, baccatin ...

Taxol is a widely used chemotherapy drug – it has been used to treat millions of ovarian, breast, and lung cancer patients. Today, it’s mainly produced by extracting its chemical precursor, baccatin ...

Stroll through ancient churchyards in England, and you’ll likely see yew trees with bright green leaves and stunning ruby red fruits guarding the graves. These coniferous trees are known in European ...

ILLAHEE, Wash. – The reign of a contender for the title of oldest Pacific yew tree in the United States has come to an end. The yew's gnarled, bubbly bark and green limbs – celebrated for decades with ...