Near the bottom of a shady hillside in Jericho, a lone beech tree stretches high into the canopy, a relic of a bygone forest. Through luck or (hopefully) genetics, this mighty tree has avoided ...

As a parasite infects beech forests in the Eastern United States, a team of researchers is trying to fight back — before it’s too late. The mail is full of worms — and that’s exactly what plant ...

KIRTLAND, Ohio – Scientists at Holden Arboretum are confident that genetics play a role in whether an American beech tree will succumb to a disease that’s been ravaging their numbers for more than a ...

In the early part of the 20th century, the American chestnut was ravaged by an invasive fungus that arrived from Asia. That fungus made the American chestnut functionally extinct, and although some ...

It may be the height of maple syrup season in the Northeast, but one researcher in northern New York has turned his focus to another type of sap. Adam Wild, the director of the Uihlein Maple Research ...