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 new proposal unveiled Thursday attempts to bridge the gap between building American infrastructure and saving declining ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American On March 21, the rusty-patched bumble bee, ...

Expanding community construction into natural ecosystems is harming the bees' natural infrastructure and well-being, ...

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 ...

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 ...

AMES, IA — Once widespread across the eastern U.S. and Upper Midwest, the number of rusty patched bumble bees has plummeted nearly 90% since the 1990s. Researchers at Iowa State University are part of ...

ST. PAUL - It might surprise you that there are around 400 native bees in Minnesota. These are not the honey bees that have the hives and produce honey, these are the ones that are the work horses ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking data and public comments on a petition to list the Crotch’s bumble bee, Franklin’s bumble bee, Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee and western bumble ...

Some of California’s most crucial insects seem to have gone missing. A new study suggests that populations of once-abundant bumble bee species in California may have experienced serious decline, after ...