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 ...

The little bumblebee, considered a keystone species because of how it benefits the environment through pollination, could be ...

The rusty patched bumblebee, a native species found throughout the eastern and upper Midwestern U.S. and parts of Canada, has lost up to 99.9% of its habitat since Europeans settled in North America, ...

During Team Trump’s first go-around, the FWS in 2020 declared it would be imprudent to designate any critical habitat for the bee. “The rusty patched bumblebee has already vanished from nearly ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. 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 ...

The Service now must act quickly to protect the bee’s habitat before it is too late.” Once common in the Midwest and Northeast, the rusty patched bumblebee has suffered an 87% decline and was ...

PORTLAND, Ore.­— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned for Endangered Species Act protection today for the critically imperiled Suckley’s cuckoo bumblebee, which has declined by more than 90% ...

He cited factors like pathogens, parasites, pesticides, fungicides, habitat loss and degradation, managed bees ... the yellow-banded bumblebee and the western bumblebee — have also suffered ...

(Washington, DC) — U.S. Fish and Wildlife is proposing parts of six states be designated as critical habitat for the Rusty Patched Bumblebee, including 45-thousand acres in Iowa. An underground nest ...