Billions of American chestnut trees once covered the eastern United States. They soared in height, producing so many nuts that sellers moved them by train car. Every Christmas, they're called to mind ...

A new study shows that tiny microbes living in and around oak trees may help them survive drought, poor soil, and disease.

Those trees are central to one of the efforts to restore the American chestnut. If enough of them have distinct means of ...

Microbes could help oak trees cope with environmental change. Publishing in Cell Host & Microbe, a study observing oaks growing in a natural woodland found that the trees' above- and below-ground ...

Sometimes, the smallest mistake can spell disaster, even if you have the best intentions. Gardener shares PSA against common landscaping mistake with dire effects: 'I think I know the root of my … ...

There has been a growing interest in trying to combine the cold hardiness and disease resistance of the American species with ...