"Animals aren't familiar enough with the plant to know or teach their young that it's toxic." Homeowners urged to act after ...

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 ...