Bombus dahlbomii, a giant ginger bumblebee fondly known as the flying mouse, is in decline in its native Patagonia due to commercial farming Revealed: the top 10 invertebrates of the year Vote for ...

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) has published its final rule designating critical habitat for the endangered rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis). What Does the Rule Do? The rule ...

The socially intelligent pollinators are a keystone species crucial to the health of ecosystems and food security across the world. Learn more about bees in National Geographic’s two-part documentary ...

Something quietly extraordinary is happening in the wildflower meadows and garden hedgerows of Britain and beyond. Scientists are peeling back the surface of pollinator ecology and finding a hidden ...

I spotted this early honeybee on willow in Conamara on the very first week in March. Paul Dunne It seems a bit furry for a honeybee. It is more likely to be a queen buff-tailed bumble bee – Bombus ...

Though intensive farming has ravaged its habitat, could sensitive planting at energy sites aid the species’ revival? November is when bumblebees disappear for the winter. One of the most common of the ...

Biodiversity in human-dominated landscapes is declining, but evidence-based conservation targets to guide international policies for such landscapes are lacking. We present a framework for informing ...

A plan to restore natural habitat on a 15-acre portion of Costa Mesa’s Fairview Park Mesa — and to honor funds granted the city to enhance open space at the nature park — is moving forward after a ...

Bumblebee numbers in Great Britain declined by almost a quarter in 2024 compared with the 2010-23 average, making it the worst year for the genus Bombus since records began, according to the latest ...

When Jimmy Carter was hospitalized after he fell and hit his forehead on a sharp edge at his Georgia home in 2019, there was immediate concern for the health of the longest-living former president.

Jimmy Carter was many contrasting things in his impossibly productive century on the planet. President and peanut farmer. Naval submariner and softball aficionado. Sunday school teacher and pal of ...