Researchers at the University of Memphis used a free app to rediscover a species of beetle that was thought to be extinct.

The greater chestnut weevil hadn’t been definitively seen since the 1990s. Many assumed it was extinct. But not two ...

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 ...

Five years ago, scientists knew they had reached a milestone in their quest to reclaim one of the country's great forest treasures: Some lines of American chestnut saplings, with help from their ...

The American chestnut tree once reigned as the king of hardwoods in the eastern United States. Some 4 billion covered 200 million acres along both sides of the Appalachian Mountains running from Maine ...

Hold off on lighting that open fire -- chestnut trees being planted by the University of New Hampshire won't produce a crop for roasting for at least five years. But officials hope the project will ...

The 38-foot tall chestnut tree behind Rick and Jen Hartlieb’s Robesonia farmhouse has to fight for sunlight from a neighboring maple. Of all the chestnuts on their 12-acre farm, this hardy specimen is ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. HEBRON — A contest to find the largest trees in Oxford County may have ...

The wild chestnuts around this leafy college town used to grow in such great numbers that locals collected the nuts by the bushel and shipped them off to New York City for a small fortune. These days, ...

The giant chestnut tree the Puyallup School District removed from a school playground last month can pose a life-threatening allergic reaction only if digested, experts say. Dr. Jeffrey Demain, a ...

Five years ago, scientists knew they had reached a milestone in their quest to reclaim one of the country's great forest treasures: Some lines of American chestnut saplings, with help from their ...