Necropsies conducted on two of the calves revealed high quantities of toxic Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata) in their stomachs.

The plant—a non-native ornamental known as Japanese yew—has caused multiple die-offs in the West recent years, including separate incidents in Idaho that killed more than 20 elk and 50 ...

Wildlife officials in Montana are warning landowners after several elk calves in the Bitterroot Valley died from consuming Japanese yew, a highly toxic ornamental plant.

The garden is surrounded by a backdrop of Taxus baccata (yew) and specimen trees of Styphnolobium japonicum (the Japanese pagoda tree), rise up from the sunken gravel area and soften the impact of ...