American chestnuts once made up a quarter of the trees in parts of the eastern U.S., but most eaten today come from overseas.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University researcher is working to restore the American chestnut, an important wildlife tree and timber resource that dominated the landscape from Maine to Mississippi ...

The planned campus would span more than 2,250 acres and deliver 8 gigawatts of compute.

Native trees adapt to the climate and environmental conditions of their area to survive. Researchers in the College of Natural Resources and Environment in collaboration with the American Chestnut ...

The American Chestnut Foundation, established in 1983, has developed a hybrid American chestnut that is resistant to blight. Since 2014, biotechnologists at the College of Environmental Science and ...

Research scientists at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) and The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) are partnering in their efforts to return the American chestnut tree to its ...

Twenty American chestnut trees are now taking root at the Bronx Zoo. The 2-to-3-feet-tall saplings were planted this week in three spots around the zoo, including along the Bronx River. A fungus ...

Members of the chestnut tree community need young people to carry on their work, said Dave Gill, a member of The American ...

Scientists have a plan to restore the nearly extinct American chestnut to its abundant glory, and they need New York City residents’ help. The New York Restoration Project has launched an effort to ...

A day before Earth Day, retired forester Rex Mann watched as scientists signed an agreement with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina to allow for the eventual planting of ...

Chestnut honey production has fallen by 80% to 90% this year because of heatwaves, affecting most beekeeping operations in ...