Robert A. Holton, a chemist who created a cheaper and environmentally kinder way to produce the cancer drug Taxol, synthesizing its key compound instead of extracting it from harvested yew trees ...

Until the 1990s, the major source was the bark of the Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia), but the process of isolating the drug entailed killing the trees.

By beech trees, she means copper beeches (Fagus sylvatica), the type that grows in groves, very tall with smooth bark and ...

Olive trees grow a lot taller and wider than yew trees, and you aren't likely to find any growing naturally in the United States. The leaves are an obovate shape, looking more like standard leaves ...

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 ...

I noticed a lot of small twigs with leaves on them under my oak tree and became concerned about the oak. It is a large, ...

As the year 2000 beckoned, the Church of England decided that it would mark the Millennium by distributing thousands of yew trees across England. Every parish that requested one would get one. Twenty ...

Lee Kuan Yew left an indelible mark on the world. In assembling some of his most insightful speeches and interviews, this film examines his values and ideas, many of which remain relevant today.

A decade ago, people from Salija village in western Nepal traveled several hours into the uphill forests to gather firewood ...