Have you noticed discoloration on your maple tree leaves this year? You aren't the only one. Here's what you should know ...

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

The Cape chestnut is a small to medium-sized growing tree native to the Cape region of South Africa. It is a member of the ...

In heavily affected areas, up to 30% of beech trees are killed within seven years of contracting beech leaf disease.

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

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 ...

Some cherry and plum trees in the central Ohio area are turning black from a fungal disease. Here's what you need to know.

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

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 ...

Elmore Leonard once said “I don’t have any of the modern electronics at all. I know the Internet would be a distraction. I ...

Seeds lying deep inside a sleepy hillside orchard could play a crucial role in the regeneration of the embattled American ...

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 ...