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 ...

Turner said the yew trees at Kingley Vale are the markers of Viking graves. "Below my feet in the cold earth are the bodies ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

A HUDDLE of Cumbrian trees made famous by the poet William Wordsworth are in the running for the Tree of the Year 2025 competition. The Borrowdale Yews, ancient trees described by Wordsworth in his ...

A suggestion box seeking views on the future of a controversial Irish yew tree planted by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has ...