Vermont's Orange County has the highest rodent infestation rates in the state, with 345 homes out of every 1,000 (34.5 percent of homes) reporting signs of rodents. Elsewhere in the state, Essex ...

A newly released pesticide usage map paints a troubling picture of chemical reliance in the United States. This data-rich ...

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that it has prepared a revised draft environmental impact ...

The U.S. has seen more measles cases in 2025 than in any year since the virus was declared "eliminated" in 2000.

A blight-resistant chestnut tree developed by researchers at SUNY ESF is moving forward in its review by the USDA.

The new map displays the potential impact of a large-scale nuclear attack on the United States, with 250 million immediate ...

The USDA wants to deregulate (approve for release into the wild) the GM American chestnut tree in spite of the fact that it ...

Thought to have been imported on Asian nursery plants about 1900, by 1950 the chestnut blight had destroyed an estimated 3.5 billion canopy American chestnuts.

Jim Brady discovered an American chestnut tree on his property in Olean. It sparked his quest fighting against a 200-year-old blight to revive a species that once numbered in the billions and ...

St. Anselm has started a senior citizen club that meets most Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Our Lady of Victory Hall, ...

Seeds lying deep inside a sleepy hillside orchard could play a crucial role in the regeneration of the embattled American chestnut tree. Early Friday morning, a team of volunteers dropped about 1,0… ...

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 ...