Vermont's Orange County has the highest rodent infestation rates in the state, with 345 homes out of every 1,000 (34.5 ...

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

One cause of so much unhappiness arrived about 1900. The blight was probably imported on Asian chestnut varieties that learned to live with the pathogen. American chestnuts could not.

Can scientists bring it back? In the early 20th century, a blight fungus wiped out most of the 4 billion American chestnut trees on the eastern seaboard. The loss was ecologically devastating.

In the early 20th century, a blight fungus wiped out most of the 4 billion American chestnut trees on the eastern seaboard. The loss was ecologically devastating. Short Wave host Emily Kwong dives ...