Their heartfelt message underscores the hope and perseverance that drive many conservationists: "One day my grandkids will be able to walk through groves of new American chestnut trees ...

“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 ...

From left to right, the trees are a blight-susceptible wild-type American chestnut (C. dentata) called Ellis 1, a blight-resistant Chinese chestnut (C. mollissima) tree called 'Qing,' and two ...

The American Chestnut tree, once known as the “Redwood of the East,” faced this grim reality in the early 20th century. But ...