SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. (AP) – The native species of American chestnut almost entirely disappeared by the 1950s – the result of what scientists call the greatest species die-off in modern North American ...

Sara Fitzsimmons fights to resurrect a tree that once ruled the eastern U.S. forests. Billions of American chestnut trees once shaped life in Appalachia, but a foreign fungus erased them in a matter ...

CRESSONA — Seeds lying deep inside a sleepy hillside orchard could play a crucial role in the regeneration of the embattled American chestnut tree. Early Friday morning, a team of volunteers dropped ...

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 of ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WXYZ) — A Michigan State University researcher has received a grant to study tree species that may be suited for Michigan's future climate ...