It is an exciting time in the field of conservation and biotechnology. For the first time, it appears likely that a tree that has been developed with genetic engineering (GE) could be approved by U.S.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American Chestnut Tree Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images From the northernmost reach of the White Mountains and Mahoosuc ...

After more than a century of devastation from deadly blight, the iconic American chestnut tree could be brought back from the brink of extinction thanks to novel genomic tools and carefully bred ...

The American chestnut was all but destroyed by fungal blight and logged as settlements spread west when the United States was settled by Europeans. But lately, it’s making a comeback. Endangered for ...

The American chestnut was once the most abundant and economically important tree species in the eastern forests of North America. But then a fungal pathogen was brought over from Asia and has caused ...

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 rare bee species associated with chestnut trees has reappeared in New York after a century, surprising scientists.

FARMINGTON, N.H. (AP) -- A healthy American chestnut tree discovered on a New Hampshire farm may serve as the "mother tree" to bring back a species nearly wiped out by Asian blight. The tree was found ...

For more than a century, the American chestnut, once a dominant tree across eastern North American forests, has been devastated by an invasive fungal disease that killed billions of trees in the early ...