You can help Mother Nature in a battle for survival. Pollinators, which provide one out of every three bites of our food, are struggling. Five butterfly species in the United States have gone extinct ...
Bee colonies are rapidly declining, which spells bad news for the environment. As of 2025, annual honey bee colony losses in the U.S. are projected to reach between 60% and 70%. Although not all ...
The rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) is a federally endangered species that hasn’t been seen in Georgia in over 30 years. Sarina Jepsen / Xerces Society Bumble bee populations are in heavy ...
Honeybees have never been in danger of extinction. But scientists are finding that they can accelerate the demise of native ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Rather than sniffing out treats, this group of dogs is tracking down bumblebees in Texas as part of a new conservation program. The conservation canines are part of a new program from ...
Humanity’s relationship with bees stretches back into our species’ history, with the earliest pictorial records of apiculture dating to about 1600 BC. For most of that time, human and bee populations ...
(This story was updated to correct how often the rusty patched bumble bee has been seen. It's been seen in seven states over 10 years.) The rusty patched bumble bee had only been seen in seven states ...
Jerry Cole, lead author of the research and biologist at the Institute for Bird Populations in California, said there are a few potential reasons behind the declines: competition with other insect ...