Once a towering presence in northeastern forests, the American Chestnut is making a quiet comeback in Brooklyn.

Long considered an American icon, the chestnut was deemed functionally extinct after the tree — once a dominant species in eastern U.S. woodlands — was wiped out by a deadly foreign pathogen ...

All over eastern North America right now, chestnut breeders are pollinating tree flowers. "So here is actually some flowers," ...

To facilitate a harvest that could prove a key step in the decades-long effort to restore the nearly extinct American chestnut, Go Native Tree Farm employees used a 55-foot lift ...

In the early 20th century, an exotic fungus nearly drove the American chestnut out of existence. Researchers say today it's functionally extinct.

Opinion ‘America’s tree’ is missing. Will we do what it takes to bring it back? Genetic modification is the only credible path to restoring the blight-wracked American chestnut.

Functionally extinct since the mid-20th century, the American Chestnut Foundation has been spearheading a multi-pronged approach to bring the tree back to life.

The Great American Chestnut Revival. A deadly fungus largely wiped out the American chestnut tree. But some farmers, scientists, and advocates are fighting to bring back the onetime culinary staple.

The American chestnut tree used to grow throughout the eastern U.S., but was devastated by a blight in the early 20th century.

It’s too early to know for sure if assisted migration works, but scientists expect to learn more in about two decades. The orange looking rash of chestnut blight on an American Chestnut tree.

The American chestnut tree used to grow throughout the eastern U.S., but was devastated by a blight in the early 20th century. ... The species is considered “functionally extinct. ...