"Protecting its last remaining habitat from further destruction is just common sense," ...

The bee was once found in roughly half of the U.S. Now, rare sightings have been limited to about a dozen states.

Dolan is coordinator of the Mountain States Bumble Bee Atlas, a program administered by science-based nonprofit organization ...

Kansas wildlife officials are asking for help from the public in tracking the whereabouts of bumble bees in the Sunflower ...

Information gathered by volunteers goes into a database that helps researchers, state and federal agencies, and policymakers ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today finalized the designation of 1.57 million acres of critical habitat for rusty patched bumblebees, securing protections for places essential to the survival of ...

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 ...

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (“Court”) in an August 11th Memorandum Opinion (“Opinion”) addressed an issue arising under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). See ...

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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced, on May 28, 2026, that it has designated portions of Pocahontas and Greenbrier ...

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 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A large black and yellow bumble bee that helps feed the world will get an assessment by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The Southern Plains bumble bee is one of 10 ...