A new study says genetic testing can speed the return of the American chestnut tree that once dominated Eastern U.S. forests ...

But thanks in part to trees planted in areas where the two fungi don’t grow well, the American chestnut isn’t extinct. And efforts to revive it in its native range have continued, despite the long ...

Modern genomic tools can substantially accelerate restoration of the American chestnut while preserving its ecological ...

For more than a century, scientists and conservationists have tried to bring back the American chestnut, a tree once so common it shaped forests across the eastern United States.

The homesteading pros at Gold Shaw Farm show how to grow chestnut trees easily in a small bucket.

Billions of American chestnut trees once covered the eastern United States. They soared in height, producing so many nuts that sellers moved them by train car. Every Christmas, they’ ...

Using DNA-based predictions, researchers show how blight-resistant trees can retain the growth and forest role of the iconic American chestnut.

Two children were seriously injured and a driver has been arrested after a car failed to stop for police and crashed into a tree.

Billions of American chestnut trees once covered the eastern United States. Every Christmas, they're called to mind by the holiday lyric “chestnuts roasting on an open fire.” ...

“We are trying to make chestnut blight less like ebola and more like the common cold. The trees are still going to get sick, just not as sick.” * I understand and agree that registration on or use of ...