Genetic modification is the only credible path to restoring the blight-wracked American chestnut. Bruce Beehler is a ...

American elms long thrived in eastern North America, where they were natural water ... Preservationists are keen to protect native trees like the American elm, and it’s a pressing matter to revitalize ...

So strong were Dartmouth’s ties to the trees that it got the nickname “The College of a Thousand Elms.” Then, one by one, the College had to cut them down. By the 1980s, more than 200 had been lost.

A massive American elm tree that stood for generations on the lawn of the First Presbyterian Church 1793 in Washington took ...