New data demonstrate that transgenic American chestnuts produce significantly smaller blight cankers than their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Looking forward to some roasted chestnuts during the holidays? Michigan features several wild nut types ready for harvesting this ...

The American chestnut was all but destroyed by fungal blight and logged as settlements spread west when the United States was settled by Europeans. But lately, it’s making a comeback. Endangered for ...

American chestnut trees once towered over the landscape, dominating forests in parts of the eastern United States. But in the late 1800s, a fungal blight virtually wiped them out across the country.

You don't have to be a botanist or cultivator to help bring back the American chestnut tree, which all but disappeared from the United States due to a deadly blight. The American Chestnut Foundation, ...

Scientists have a plan to restore the nearly extinct American chestnut to its abundant glory, and they need New York City residents’ help. The New York Restoration Project has launched an effort to ...

BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) – The American Chestnut Foundation is working to bring the American Chestnut species back. This weekend, they’ll be in Bedford county planting them, and they need your help.

Chestnut trees reveal the lasting impact of the Roman Empire on Europe’s landscape, showing how Romans shaped forestry across the continent.