The United States Department of Agriculture deregulated Darling 54, a genetically modified variety of American chestnut ...

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

A deadly fungus nearly erased the American chestnut from US forests more than a century ago, transforming one of the region's most important trees into a rare sight. Once widespread across eastern ...

Late on Friday, December 8th, the American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) announced they were withdrawing their support for the “Darling 58” (D58) genetically engineered American chestnut tree. As ...

The loss of American chestnut trees, Castanea denatata, ranks as one of the most devastating botanical disasters in U.S. history. Before the introduction of chestnut blight in 1904, there were over 4 ...

Erie has a Chestnut Street. So do Cranesville and Corry, Girard and Lake City, Edinboro, Waterford and North East. There's a reason you find so many stretches of road that carry that name here and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chestnuts, once a staple in the American kitchen, especially among indigenous people, have all but disappeared. Yet, there are ...

For more than a century, the American chestnut, once a dominant tree across eastern North American forests, has been devastated by an invasive fungal disease that killed billions of trees in the early ...

We visit an orchard where researchers are breeding Chestnut trees they hope will one day fight off a fungus that's been killing the iconic American tree for more than a century. And now a checkup of ...

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 ...