Bringing the 'functionally extinct' American chestnut back from the dead

Bringing the 'functionally extinct' American chestnut back from the dead

• American chestnut nearly wiped out by two Asian fungal pathogens, killing ~3 billion trees. • Fungus kills saplings before they can seed, leaving chestnut functionally extinct in

Science · February 12, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 209 words