American chestnuts once made up a quarter of the trees in parts of the eastern U.S., but most eaten today come from overseas. Now, a new blight-tolerant tree could help restore a homegrown supply.

Twenty American chestnut trees are now taking root at the Bronx Zoo. The 2-to-3-feet-tall saplings were planted this week in three spots around the zoo, including along the Bronx River. A fungus ...

UCHIKO, Ehime -- A chestnut-farming couple in this western Japan town has revived a simple local tool for peeling chestnuts ...

There is a huge chestnut tree in our field. It's about as tall as the roof of the second floor.I don't put any effort into it ...

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire are a classic Christmas visual, but in Germany’s Palatinate (or the Pfalz) region, chestnut season begins months earlier. In this southwestern corner of Germany ...