Wildlife officials in Montana are warning landowners after several elk calves in the Bitterroot Valley died from consuming Japanese yew, a highly toxic ornamental plant.

Necropsies conducted on two of the calves revealed high quantities of toxic Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata) in their stomachs.

Multiple elk have died in the past month after eating highly poisonous plants in Montana. It would appear that these plants aren't naturally growing but a highly toxic shrub in a subdivision.

During the winter of 2016 and 2017, eight elk died after eating the shrub near homes in the Boise Foothills, and a herd of 50 antelope succumbed to yew poisoning near the town of Payette.

In the valleys and slopes of the Mountains, you may encounter a large animal so big that in terms of size, it resembles a ...

Earlier this year, two elk tested positive for chronic wasting disease on the Dell Creek Feedground near Pinedale, Wyoming.

An adult cow elk in the Pinedale region of northwest Wyoming is the first documented case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in ...

"I've never heard or seen elk eating pine needles and aspen. They're going to head for the hay fields, corn fields and grain fields, and that's what they like," Salzer said. "They're not stupid." ...

HELENA, Mont. — There were at least five elk calves killed after consuming toxic ornamental plants in mid-January in the Florence area of the Bitterroot Valley. The calves were found dead by ...