“We called them gray ghosts,” the now 77-year-old retired forester says of the American chestnut tree scattered throughout his former North Carolina home and still towering over the forest floors.

Sunlight filtered through the overstory of a thick Pennsylvania forest and a few rays fell upon the long, serrated leaves of the American chestnut trees down below. The higher Mike Manes, 78, hiked, ...

The American chestnut tree, once a regal pillar of forests across the eastern United States, is on life support, struggling to survive. "These look like death," said Vasiliy Lakoba, research director ...

This botanic garden is determined to bring back the American chestnut tree and heirloom apples that taste like those grown 500 years ago. It won’t be easy. By Margaret Roach “Explore what’s in bloom ...