Tom Klak, an environmental scientist and American chestnut expert, carried a shovel on the White House lawn on April 24, ...

Chestnut trees (Castanea spp.) represent a group of economically and ecologically significant forest species distributed across Europe, Asia and North America. Genetic diversity within and among ...

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 ...

CONCORD, N.H. — 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 ...

American chestnut trees once towered over the landscape, dominating forests in parts of the eastern United States. But in the late 1800s, a fungal blight virtually wiped them out across the country.

Bruce Beehler is a naturalist and author of 14 books, including the forthcoming “Flight of the Godwit.” This fall, I went hiking on Sugarloaf Mountain, about 30 miles northwest of the District.