Drop-dead gorgeous plant kills big game in the Rocky Mountain West. The Japanese yew is beautiful and deadly. So deadly, landscaper Stuart Shay won’t plant it anymore. Shay is a sustainable landscaper ...

BOISE, Idaho — Two years ago seven elk died in the Table Rock area after they ate a poisonous plant. Now that the temperatures are getting colder, wildlife will be looking for food, and the Idaho ...

IDAHO FALLS - Eight more elk have died after eating an ornamental shrub called Japanese yew. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game in a news release Friday says lab results confirmed the elk died near ...

Japanese yew, the plant blamed for killing eight elk in the Boise Foothills two weeks ago, wiped out a herd of pronghorn in Payette, Idaho Fish and Game reports. The toxic shrub killed 50 pronghorn ...

This isn’t the same old yew of yesteryear. The dwarf golden Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata ‘Nana Aurescens’) is a lovely evergreen shrub that has some interesting qualities. Need a news break? Check ...

I’d like to introduce you to a different kind of evergreen groundcover that may fill a niche in your landscape. If you are originally from more northern parts of the U.S., you are no doubt familiar ...