Researchers at the University of Memphis used a free app to rediscover a species of beetle that was thought to be extinct.

Conservationists pose with an American chestnut sapling at the Meadowcroft Estate in Sayville on May 1. From left: The Long Island Conservancy's Melissa Feudi, Frank Piccininni, Marshall Brown and ...

In the summer they bloom, in the fall they ripen and in the winter you can roast them on an open fire—or at least, hear Nat King Cole sing about them in his 1961 rendition of “The Christmas Song.” ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia American Water is on the hunt for lead as “potholing” efforts are underway by the utility to identify and replace lead and certain galvanized water lines in the ...

The loss of American chestnut trees, Castanea denatata, ranks as one of the most devastating botanical disasters in U.S. history. Before the introduction of chestnut blight in 1904, there were over 4 ...

With Thanksgiving approaching, many of us will be sitting down to hearty feasts with family and friends. Time-tested recipes on worn index cards or heavily thumbed cookbooks are combed ...

A lot of native nut trees in Eastern North America need fire to regenerate. Oaks, hickories, black walnuts, and hazelnuts all have a longstanding relationship with human fire, and in recent decades ...

Michigan's forests grow a range of edible nuts each fall — making squirrels, deer and even a few bears happy — and if you're up for the adventure, you can bring some home for a treat as well. Many of ...

A blight in the early 1900s nearly wiped out the American chestnut tree, once a staple food source and building material. Farmers are now planting blight-resistant hybrid chestnut trees in an effort ...

You don't have to be a botanist or cultivator to help bring back the American chestnut tree, which all but disappeared from the United States due to a deadly blight. The American Chestnut Foundation, ...

Chestnuts, once a staple in the American kitchen, especially among indigenous people, have all but disappeared. Yet, there are signs that chestnuts are reemerging as local and regional farmers are ...

Learn the key traits of the Horse Chestnut, including its palmate leaves, spiky seed cases, and unique bark. Trump administration looking to sell nearly 200 commissary stores Border Patrol commander ...