A ground nesting bee pollinates a flower in New Hampshire. The species is one of 14 declining wild bee species identified in a study published in April 2019 by researchers at the university. The new ...

The FWS proposal grows out of a species status assessment (SSA) conducted by “15 scientists with expertise in bumble bee biology, habitat management, and stressors (factors negatively affecting the ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to designate 1.6 million acres of critical habitat for the rusty patched bumble bee in six states, including Minnesota. The rusty patched bumble bee received ...

A rusty patched bumblebee sips nectar from a wild bergamot flower. (Photo courtesy of Jill Utrup/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread ...

The rescue plan for the rusty patched bumblebee covers 33 counties in six mostly Midwestern states. The Fish and Wildlife Service proposed designating 1.6 million acres as critical habitat Monday for ...

WASHINGTON— A federal judge on Friday rejected the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to refuse to designate critical habitat for highly endangered rusty patched bumblebees and ordered the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Once found in much of the United States, wildlife officials are now seeking to add federal protections for a species of bumble bee that researchers believe is “declining at ...

Take a map of Woodbury and look at the open spaces to the east and south: That’s where development will rapidly change the landscape of one of the state’s fastest-growing cities over the next few ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife is considering adding nine new species to the endangered species list, including the Southern Plains bumble bee, which calls the pine savannas of Florida home. The agency ...