Old Wolf Oak at Ponca State Park, one of Nebraska’s oldest trees, has died, according to Nebraska Game and Parks. The bur oak ...

known as chestnut blight. Those hybrids are then backcrossed with pure American to filter out all the traits of the Chinese tree, except its blight resistance. The hybrid trees planted Wednesday ...

A popular new club at Claggett Middle School in Medina not only has engaged students in caring for the environment, but also ...

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation's fallen service members, but it's come to anchor the unofficial start of summer. Here are a few things to know.

Far newer than the Buddy Memorial, the Schaefer Oval was originally dedicated in the spring of 1987, mere weeks after the ...

The long empty and frequently flooding Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) grassy field adjacent to the Ethnic ...

The chestnut blight arrived in the late 1800s, when Americans seeking to introduce a chestnut tree with larger nuts inadvertently brought the blight along with it. Erik Carlson, a postdoctoral ...

The New York Restoration Project has launched an effort to plant 1,000 thriving American chestnut trees that are hybridized with the blight-resistant Chinese chestnut tree across the five boroughs.

Soon, Mobile will have an early warning system in place for when invasive pests and plant diseases end up on our shores.Sentinel gardens are set to be planted later this year. They will be located at ...

Bruce Beehler is a naturalist and author of 14 books, including the forthcoming “Flight of the Godwit.” This fall, I went hiking on Sugarloaf Mountain, about 30 miles northwest of the District.