The designation would have been extra layer of protection for the bee, on top of its already endangered status. “This decision weakens the bee’s protection under the Endangered Species Act and will ...

Federal regulators said Monday they would not designate critical habitat for the first bee species in the continental U.S. to be listed as endangered, a move that environmentalists said would worsen ...

Conservation groups are making another push to protect habitat for the endangered rusty patched bumblebee, a creature that once buzzed throughout much of the United States and today is an insect ...

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 federal government must come up with a critical habitat plan to protect the rusty patched bumble bee, a native to Minnesota and Wisconsin, under a court agreement reached with the Natural ...

California native bumble bees are poised to become protected under the state’s Endangered Species Act — and they’d be the first insects on the list. The populations of four bee species — the Crotch, ...

Viruses spread from honey bees to wild bees through shared flowers, threatening pollination and plant communities.

Federal regulators said Monday they would not designate critical habitat for the first bee species in the continental U.S. to be listed as endangered, a move that environmentalists said would worsen ...