Scientists at a NY university say they can bring back the near extinct American chestnut tree, wiped out a century ago, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After the species was devastated by an Asian blight in the early 20th century, a single American chestnut tree in Centreville has ...

A fungus in the early 1900s killed most of what was once the most common tree in Eastern forests. The partnership aims to ...

Native trees adapt to the climate and environmental conditions of their area to survive. Researchers in the College of Natural Resources and Environment in collaboration with the American Chestnut ...

“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” is playing on the radio now in the Northern Hemisphere which begs the question, “What happened to the American chestnut?” Would you be surprised to hear there’s a ...

The American chestnut tree, which once numbered 4 billion but almost went extinct in the 1950s because of an invasion of Asian fungus, may be on its way to recovery through scientific advances and new ...

“It looks like the Natural Land Institute’s Legacy Tree Program has found yet another Illinois state champion tree: a rare American chestnut (Castanea dentata) in Freeport,” said Alan Branhagen, ...

On his land in western Maine, naturalist Bernd Heinrich is surrounded by American chestnut trees and seedlings. More than 1,300 of them grow on his land. Only four of these trees were planted by him, ...

The American chestnut tree, once a regal pillar of forests across the eastern United States, is on life support, struggling to survive. "These look like death," said Vasiliy Lakoba, research director ...

WASHINGTON - Its sweeping canopy inspired poets, and its strong, straight timber shaped the stories of life in rural Appalachia, until the tree itself became the stuff of fiction. It is now more than ...

After the species was devastated by an Asian blight in the early 20th century, a single American chestnut tree in Centreville has been deemed a “precious resource” by the Delaware Nature Society. Jim ...