Darling-58 sprouts, a transgenic American chestnut created by ESF researchers, grow in a nutrient solution. Darling 54, a ...

Once a towering presence in northeastern forests, the American Chestnut is making a quiet comeback in Brooklyn.

The chestnut tree, an emblematic species with both cultural and economic significance across Europe and Asia, faces considerable challenges due to a range of fungal diseases. Research in recent ...

The USDA has begun a 45-day open comment period for its review of the Darling chestnut, making the final step in the process ...

Before the blight, chestnut trees were a kind of currency, particularly in Appalachia, where livestock grew fat grazing on the nuts. Families enjoyed them as a treat, and in lean years, as a ...

The American chestnuts (Castanea dentata) were once a dominant tree species within the eastern U.S. forests, comprising up to 25 percent of the trees in parts of its natural range. A century ago, the ...

A few weeks ago a reader suggested I write about beech leaf disease, but I said it wasn’t that big a deal. Then I went for a ...