Rustling through fallen golden leaves, locals in a forest outside Arslanbob in the Kyrgyz mountains were scurrying for walnuts -- an ancient pastime and economic lifeline for the region. But the ...

Michigan is home to seven of America’s largest trees. They’re known as national champions. One stands beside a curb in Allegan County. Another towers over a home in Berrien County. Some are in the ...

But the forest, the world's largest wild walnut grove, has for years been slowly fading -- hit by the overgrazing of livestock, illegal logging and rising temperatures. "The forest used to be so dense ...