The horse chestnut tree in front of my house looks worse than ever. Its remaining leaves are brown, and many fell early. Is ...

Horse chestnut offers a range of potential benefits and uses, from relieving varicose veins and reducing symptoms of CVI to ...

There aren’t many world champions who didn’t know their sport existed a year prior to winning the title. But then, conkers ...

Bark: Pinky-gray and smooth as juvenile; darker gray with scaly plates when older. The horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) of the family Sapindaceae is a medium-sized (up to 40m) deciduous tree ...

If you're foraging for wild chestnuts, don't confuse edible sweet chestnuts with unrelated (and inedible) horse chestnuts - also known as conkers. Wild British sweet chestnuts are not fully ripe ...

The overall title of World Conker Champion was won by Kelci Banschbach, originally from Indianapolis. The 34-year-old was ...

The traditional game, played by generations of British schoolchildren, involves players using conkers — the glossy brown seeds of the horse chestnut tree — threaded onto a string to try and ...

Conker, or conkers, is a game in which two competitors take turns using a horse chestnut attached to a string -- known as a "conker" -- to attack their opponent's conker. Points are scored for ...

The game involves players using conkers — the glossy brown seeds from the horse chestnut tree — threaded onto a string to try and smash their opponent’s chestnut. Each player takes three ...