The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (“Court”) in an August 11th Memorandum Opinion (“Opinion”) addressed an issue arising under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). See ...

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 received ...

As climate change increases the risk of fire to forested areas, a better understanding of the postfire environment is critical to all species who depend on the forest, including some of its smallest ...

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 ...

Apart from managed honey bees, there is increasing evidence that some wild bee species have experienced regional declines in North America. These include Bombus affinis, the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, ...

OTTAWA -- Climate change appears to be shrinking the range of bumble bees across the northern hemisphere, depriving the natural environment and agricultural producers of a key pollinator, according to ...

Mason Lee, senior project coordinator of the Biodiversity Institute, holds up a bumble bee in a tube during last year’s Bumble Bee Atlas training. This year’s training is scheduled Sunday, June 1, ...

WASHINGTON— A federal judge on Friday rejected the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to refuse to designate critical habitat for highly endangered rusty patched bumblebees and ordered the ...

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