WASHINGTON—Conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for refusing to designate critical habitat for the highly endangered rusty patched bumblebee. Despite the bee’s ...

One of those endangered species may be struggling more. The rusty patched bumblebee ... Those in Wisconsin can also join the DNR’s Bumble Bee Brigade, a volunteer monitoring project that ...

Iridescent sweat bees, hairy-faced mining bees, tiny Perdita minima the size of a gnat. Thanks to swarms of apiary enthusiasts, native species are finally getting the buzz they deserve ...

The Center petitioned to list Mojave poppy bees as an endangered species in 2018 and won a legal victory in 2022 to ensure they’re considered for protection. The rusty patched bumblebee is the only ...

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Decades ago, the Bombus affinis species of the bumble bee could be seen thriving across the Eastern and Midwest regions of ...

File Photo: A rusty patched bumble bee which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing for federal protection as an endangered species is pictured in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. August 7 ...

The rusty-patched bumblebee is now officially on the endangered species list. It's the first bee from the continental US to be be listed for federal protection under the Endangered Species Act ...

The rusty patched bumble bee’s role and importance in the food chain as a pollinator cannot be overstated. Now Critically Endangered across the US and Canada, studies have shown a significant ...