MADISON, Wis. — Federal wildlife officials announced Wednesday they will consider adding 10 new species to the Endangered Species Act, including a big bumble bee that serves as a key pollinator across ...

The rusty patched bumblebee, a native of Minnesota and Wisconsin that was once common across the Midwest but which has declined rapidly in recent years, was officially declared endangered Tuesday by ...

New information about a rare bumblebee species last seen alive in 2006 has created a buzz among scientists who research ...

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 ...

A new study has identified the bee's knees of bumble bee dietary options in Ohio and the Upper Midwest. By viewing almost 23,000 bumble bee-flower interactions over two years, researchers found that ...

The endangered rusty-patched bumble bee has achieved fame as the Minnesota state bee. It’s just one of about two dozen bumble bee species in Minnesota and scientists suspect others are at risk and ...

A bumblebee is now on the endangered species list for the first time in a "race against extinction," the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday. A bumblebee is now on the endangered species ...

In Northern Illinois, a multimillion-dollar airport expansion on a rare patch of prairie threatens an endangered bumble bee, and environmentalists say the Endangered Species Act is not helping protect ...

Several species of California bumble bees have gone missing in the first statewide census of the fuzzy pollinators in 40 years. Several species of California bumble bees have gone missing in the first ...

The rusty patched bumble bee is endangered and losing some of its last habitat, an Illinois prairie. A multi-million dollar airport expansion is stalled because of a last-minutes sighting of the bees.