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 ...

When USDA botanist Arthur Barclay collected a sample of bark from the Pacific yew tree in Washington State in 1962, he had no way of knowing that the sample would yield one of the most important ...

Yew has been a symbol of endurance for centuries a tree that thrives for thousands of years, outliving the civilizations that ...

EL MONTE, California, March 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yew Bio-Pharm Group, Inc. (OTCQB:YEWB) (“YEWB” or the “Company”), a major grower and seller of yew trees, yew raw materials used in the ...

Irish myth and legend believe that the Witch's Yew on the grounds of Blarney Castle is Ireland's most haunted tree. This Yew Tree, situated in the Rock Close on the grounds of Blarney Castle Estate, ...

A team of gardeners prepare the world's oldest topiary garden, at Levens Hall, in 2023. The garden, comprising of ancient box and yew trees, was established in 1694. (Credit: OLI SCARFF) The ...

The Witch’s Yew is thought to be about 600 years old. The Witch’s Yew tree at Blarney Castle in Co Cork has been voted as Ireland’s Tree of the Year for 2019. In a competition organized by the Tree ...

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 ...

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 ...

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