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

Scientists have rediscovered the rare Chestnut mining bee in New York after more than 120 years, raising hope that lost ...

ALBANY — There was a time when every village, city square, and the dense forest acreage of New York State harbored a huge tree species, one with a massive, thick trunk and tremendous, spreading ...

The chestnut gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus, represents a significant threat to chestnut production worldwide due to its capacity to induce extensive gall formation that compromises tree health and ...

“It looks like the Natural Land Institute’s Legacy Tree Program has found yet another Illinois state champion tree: a rare American chestnut (Castanea dentata) in Freeport,” said Alan Branhagen, ...

“They’re really majestic trees,” she says. “They go back centuries of importance to people.” Hagerty, an arborist for 11 years, and the owner of Arbor Gold Tree Services in Plymouth, is fighting to ...

At the Kingman Research Farm just outside of the University of New Hampshire campus, there’s an orchard of chestnut trees, growing under the watchful eyes of researchers. The American chestnut was a ...

Nature is full of surprises, from colourful birds to bioluminescent sea creatures, they all look like they come straight out ...