OMP resident Tom Dalluge is devoted to saving, nurturing and growing American chestnuts on the Old Mission Peninsula.

The debate between real Christmas trees and artificial ones has been going on for decades. Artificial because they are easy and reusable. Real because well, they are real and fill the house with a ...

Survivors of the 1955 Christmas Eve flood in Yuba City share stories, and how the disaster reshaped the community where they still live.

Evergreens are still using moisture during the wintertime. If the winter is extremely dry, consequences may show up in the spring.

As we approach the new year, I find myself thinking about fresh starts in the garden.

Chestnuts are equally good in sweet dishes. Nigella Lawson’s chestnutty twist on a classic pavlova is a real delight, said ...

The rare wild commercial Christmas tree harvest endures on the edge of climate change, wildfire and shifting immigration policy, revealing how even our most cherished traditions depend on fragile ...

But in the late 1800s, a bark fungus was accidentally introduced into North America on imported Asiatic chestnut trees. The ...

Hardy trees and shrubs are naturally well armored against winter weather, but they have fewer defenses against animals.

Film gives the lie to claims by some researchers that genetically engineered trees are the only path to restoration of the ...

While flocking is largely considered nontoxic to pets, animals who ingest large amounts of flocking may experience intestinal ...

Conservationists pose with an American chestnut sapling at the Meadowcroft Estate in Sayville on May 1. From left: The Long Island Conservancy's Melissa Feudi, Frank Piccininni, Marshall Brown and ...