The tree bumblebee is one of the first bumblebee species to appear in spring. Tree bumblebees stir from their hibernation remarkably early, in February and March. Here, we’re talking about queen ...

The rusty patched bumblebee, a native of Minnesota and Wisconsin that was once common across the Midwest but which has declined rapidly in recent years, was officially declared endangered Tuesday by ...

It’s not easy being a queen — a bumblebee queen, that is. To start her colony in the spring, an expectant queen must first survive the winter by hibernating alone in the soil, where she’s vulnerable ...

Bumblebees have been all the buzz lately. Headlines abound about how bumblebee populations continue to decline across the world, a decline ushered in by factors such a loss of habitat due to climate ...

A rusty-patched bumblebee on Culver’s root in the arboretum at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. (Photo by Photo By Susan Day Via Uw-Madison Arboretum via Courthouse News) CHICAGO (CN) — The ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Once found in much of the United States, wildlife officials are now seeking to add federal protections for a species of bumble bee that researchers believe is “declining at ...

One species of bumblebee has become so rare in New Hampshire and 15 other states that a wildlife advocacy group believes the particular bug is extinct in most of New England and the eastern United ...

Calling all citizen scientists, Wisconsin’s animals need you! One way to help endangered, threatened and many other animals is to join the army of citizen scientists found throughout the state. A ...