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 ...

Two moose calves were found dead in Silverthorne last month, and a toxicologist says they were poisoned by yew trees. Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed that necropsy results showed that the two ...

The following story contains content regarding suicide. The 17-year-old girl presented in the emergency room feeling nauseous and drowsy. She quickly went downhill, with her heart rate and blood ...

The widely used chemotherapy drug paclitaxel, commonly known as Taxol, was first extracted from the Pacific yew tree in 1963. But while plants have figured out how to manufacture the molecule, for ...

Leaves of Maire's Yew. All photos: KUMAR PAUDEL/GREENHOOD NEPAL The Himalayan mountains are known as a treasure trove of medicinal plants, many of which have not even been scientifically studied. But ...