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

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

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

All over eastern North America right now, chestnut breeders are pollinating tree flowers. "So here is actually some flowers," ...

Jim Brady by one of the American chestnut trees on his property in Olean on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. Joed Viera/Buffalo News ...

Dozens of trees surrounding a hotel car park have been placed under a protection order after the site was put up for sale.

The seeds are the progeny of American chestnut trees successfully bred in the Robert A. Kinsley Nature Preserve, a project of the Lancaster County Conservancy.

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 ...

It was traced to the introduction of Chinese chestnut trees into the U.S. around the turn of the 20th Century, he said. Unlike the American variety, the Chinese species is resistant to blight.

“We want people to understand what happened to the American chestnut.” The group, which included members of the foundation and other volunteers put 15 chestnut trees in the ground.

An American chestnut tree growing next to a steep mountain trail in Nelson County inspires hope as magnificently as a brilliant sunrise on a new day. Planted 28 years ago, the towering Thompson ...