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 ...

Pacific yew, Taxus brevifolia, is a fairly rare North American softwood tree, found in southern Alaska, British Columbia, Oregon, Washington, central California, and the western slopes of the Rockies ...

Andrea Stierle was just another postdoctoral fellow whose funding was about to run out at Montana State University, but she was a gambler, too. In the mid-1980s she had stumbled across a fungus that ...

Bile duct cancers are amongst the most aggressive tumor-related diseases and, so far, the medical treatment options available have been limited. Clinical oncologists have now demonstrated that the ...

The Pacific yew tree (Taxus brevifolia) is a natural source of Taxol®, an anticancer drug widely used in the management of several tumors, including breast, lung, and ovary. How was it discovered? In ...

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 ...

We’ve passed the winter solstice and that means we’re on the way to spring and the gardening season. If you’ve got questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon ...

Lost in the synthetic-natural debate is something that actually matter. It is called semisynthesis, and it has saved many lives. Here's how it works. As if there weren't enough confusion in the ...