Salon

The bumblebee’s decline shows how we get conservation wrong

This article originally appeared on Undark. In a time of unprecedented species extinction, when seemingly every day brings news of yet another animal or plant on the precipice of population collapse, ...
Yahoo

Experts stunned after spotting rare creatures for first time in decades: 'It's just been a complete transformation'

Bumblebee experts in England are celebrating a rise in the population of one of the country's rarest bumblebees. The Bumblebee Conservation Trust has recorded sightings of the shrill carder bee for at ...
E&E

Feds protect a bumblebee unseen since 2006

The Fish and Wildlife Service today announced Endangered Species Act protections for the elusive Franklin’s bumblebee, a West Coast pollinator whose very existence is open to question. The Fish and ...
Phys.org

Rusty-patched bumblebee's struggle for survival found in its genes

A team of researchers has uncovered alarming trends in the first range-wide genetic study of an endangered bee species. The study, led by Colorado State University and published in the Journal of ...
University of Wyoming

UW Biodiversity Institute Sponsors Bumble Bee Atlas Training

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, ...
The Inlander

For rare and endangered bumblebees, an atlas driven by "community scientists" may hold hope

Two years ago, a citizen scientist recorded the first known observation of an American bumblebee in Idaho. They uploaded the photo to an online database, where the unusual find was verified by a ...
OPB

Franklin’s bumblebee, found in Southern Oregon and Northern California, will be listed as endangered by US

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided to list a bumblebee found only in Northern California and Southern Oregon as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Franklin’s bumblebee hasn’t ...
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Community science: Statewide project seeks safeguard at-risk species

Bumblebees in Montana face an uncertain future, according to a new statewide project seeking volunteers to help research at-risk bumblebee species within the state. The Montana Bumble Bee Atlas, ...
KETV Omaha

'Community science is a powerful conservation tool': Iowa Bumble Bee Atlas looking for volunteers

HELP SOME OF IOWA’S SMALLEST BUT MOST IMPORTANT RESIDENTS TALK ABOUT THE BUMBLEBEE ATLAS. IS JENNY PUGA, A CONSERVATION BIOLOGIST WITH THE XERCES SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION. THANKS FOR ...
EurekAlert!

Multiple habitats need protecting to save UK bumblebees, finds 10-year citizen science study

A study using 10 years of citizen science data from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust’s BeeWalk scheme has found that a variety of targeted conservation approaches are needed to protect UK bumblebee ...
Penn Live

Bumble bee could be declared an endangered species

The American bumble bee, a widespread species that appears to be in decline, is being reviewed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for possible federal protection under the Endangered Species Act.