The U.S. Department of Agriculture earlier this week approved a genetically modified American chestnut tree developed over decades by scientists at the State University of New York College of ...

If the forests of Appalachia could tell their own history, the American chestnut would have quite a story to tell.

“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” is playing on the radio now in the Northern Hemisphere which begs the question, “What happened to the American chestnut?” Would you be surprised to hear there’s a ...

"They tolerate blight better than any other fully American chestnuts we've tested." ...

A genetically engineered chestnut has cleared a major hurdle a century after an invasive fungus almost wiped out one of America’s most important forest trees. Scientists are making attempts to revive ...

USDA's APHIS approved the Darling-54 GMO American chestnut for wild release, though opposition remains over potential ecological risks.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American Chestnut Tree Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images From the northernmost reach of the White Mountains and Mahoosuc ...

Billions of American chestnut trees once covered the eastern United States. They soared in height, producing so many nuts that sellers moved them by train car. But by the 1950s, this venerable tree ...

American chestnut trees were once among the most majestic hardwood trees in the eastern deciduous forests, many reaching 80 to 120 feet in height and eight feet or more in diameter. The "then ...

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 ...

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 ...