American chestnut trees, deemed functionally extinct decades ago, may already be mounting a quiet comeback in the northern ...

Looking forward to some roasted chestnuts during the holidays? Michigan features several wild nut types ready for harvesting this fall. A variety of nuts grow on trees in the state and can be ...

The woodland in my backyard on the outskirts of Decatur now has a new distinction — the home of two American chestnut trees, planted there last week by my forestry friend, Dale Higdon. The trees — or ...

Tim Savage is a tree man. “They’re just these alive, beautiful organisms,” Savage said. “They just have this, like, um, longevity like a statute and a dignity and a life.” Many of his plants start on ...

A mouse scurries up to six chestnuts. Three look healthy. Three have exit holes where moth larvae ate the insides before they ...