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For generations, the American chestnut was a major part of the Appalachian forest, providing food for people and wildlife. That changed after chestnut blight was discovered in New York in 1904. By the ...

LONDON (AP) — A dozen Impressionist and post-Impressionist artworks collectively valued at almost half a billion dollars are going up for auction after sitting unseen for decades in a fabled private ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twenty hybrid American chestnut trees were planted at the Bronx Zoo on Monday as part of an effort to bring the once-prevalent ...

American chestnut trees were wiped out more than a century ago. Now, new trees that are fungus-resistant are being planted at the zoo. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Monday. We’ll find out why 20 ...

Chestnuts were highly valued by Native Americans and early European colonists alike. The nuts are abundant, rich in calories and high in Vitamin C and antioxidants. The wood was rot-resistant and ...

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RUTLAND, Vt. (WCAX) - Students in Rutland are helping to conserve the American chestnut, a tree once common in Vermont and nearly wiped out by blight. While it might not seem like a major orchard, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shutterstock / Futurism Over a century ago, in 1904, a necrotrophic fungus known as chestnut blight swept across North America, ...

Twenty hybrid American chestnut trees were planted at the Bronx Zoo on Monday as part of an effort to bring the once-prevalent tree back to New York City. The Wildlife Conservation Society joined the ...

More than 120 years after the American chestnut blight was first documented at the Bronx Zoo, the iconic tree is making a historic return to the same grounds where its devastating decline was first ...