A blight-resistant chestnut tree developed by researchers at SUNY ESF is moving forward in its review by the USDA.

Darling-58 sprouts, a transgenic American chestnut created by ESF researchers, grow in a nutrient solution. Darling 54, a ...

T he American chestnut (Castanea dentata) is a tree that shall for evermore be immortalized as a true forest giant of the ...

Once a towering presence in northeastern forests, the American Chestnut is making a quiet comeback in Brooklyn.

All over eastern North America right now, chestnut breeders are pollinating tree flowers. "So here is actually some flowers," ...

A young American chestnut tree grows in a field at a SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry field research station in Syracuse, N.Y., on July 14, 2022.

In the early 20th century, a blight fungus wiped out most of the 4 billion American chestnut trees on the eastern seaboard. The loss was ecologically devastating. Short Wave host Emily Kwong dives ...

It wasn't until this month that the Delaware Nature Society finally got its answer: The tree is indeed 100% American chestnut. It’s already been used in one Virginia Tech study on genetic ...

Want to get started growing American Chestnut trees? Learn how to start harvesting chestnuts at home and choose the best species for you. The majestic American chestnut tree was once common ...

A startup called American Castanea has joined the quest to revive the American chestnut tree, the first step in its plan to give forests a genetic upgrade. Under a slice-of-heaven sky, 150 acres ...

The New York Restoration Project has launched an effort to plant 1,000 thriving American chestnut trees that are a hybrid with the blight-resistant Chinese chestnut tree in the five boroughs.

By the end of this summer, the Maine Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation will have planted almost 100 new wild chestnut tree seedlings at 10 locations around Maine. 100 seedlings, 10 locales ...