I never realized how fuzzy a bumble bee is until I got to hold one between my fingertips. It feels like a furry black and yellow bear, buzzing with its tiny body, wriggling with its legs. The ...

Bees are amazing animals. Detailed studies show that they enjoy rich and deep social, cognitive, and emotional lives. They display dopamine-based positive emotions, get depressed, anxious, and ...

AMES, IA — Once widespread across the eastern U.S. and Upper Midwest, the number of rusty patched bumble bees has plummeted nearly 90% since the 1990s. Researchers at Iowa State University are part of ...

Iowa volunteers have identified 13 bumble bee species through a national survey, with officials encouraging more participants ...

Honey bees and bumble bees are some of the most popular displays at the Insectarium. As part of the new renovations, Lemann said it was important to create spaces for visitors to see the bees in a ...

All animals, including insects, need their sleep. Or do they? That's the question researchers reporting October 3 in the journal Current Biology are exploring in sleep studies of a surprising group of ...

BRAINERD, Minn. - A regulatory freeze issued by the White House on Inauguration Day delayed the listing of the rusty patched bumble bee on the endangered species list. Described by the U.S. Fish and ...

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 ...

When you were young, were you the type of child who would scour open fields looking for bumble bees? Today, it is much harder for kids to spot them, since bumble bees are drastically declining in ...