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Xerces Society staff are respected as reliable sources of science-based advice at the forefront of invertebrate protection, and can provide information and perspective on all aspects of invertebrate conservation.

Our team includes nationally recognized experts on a range of issues, including insect declines, protecting endangered species, climate change impacts, pollinator conservation, pesticide risk, habitat creation, and wildlife gardening. We work to understand and protect insects and other invertebrates in all landscapes, from wildlands to backyards.

In each of the last three years, Xerces staff were quoted or our work was mentioned in thousands of media articles that reached over one billion people worldwide.

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Recent Press Releases

The annual census of monarch numbers at the overwintering sites in central Mexico was released today by World Wildlife Fund-Mexico and partners. It revealed that in just one year, the presence of monarch butterflies in their Mexico wintering grounds dropped by more than half, from 2.2 hectares to 0.9 hectares. This makes 2023-24 the second worst year ever recorded.
Results of the 27th annual Western Monarch Count have been released by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. Scientists and volunteers counted a total of 233,394 butterflies at 256 overwintering sites to track the threatened butterfly’s population levels. The count is slightly lower than last year’s total of over 330,000 butterflies, and remains at just 5% of their population numbers in the 1980s, when low millions were common.
Los resultados que cada año se esperan con inquietud del 27mo Conteo anual de la mariposa monarca occidental han sido publicados por la Sociedad Xerces para la Conservación de los Invertebrados (Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation). Los científicos y voluntarios contaron un total de 233,394 mariposas en 256 sitios de invernación para rastrear los niveles de población de la mariposa amenazada. El conteo es ligeramente menor al del año pasado, en el que se registró un total de 330,000 mariposas, y se conserva tan solo el 5% de su población en comparación con las cifras registradas en la década de 1980, cuando era común ver unos cuantos millones de ejemplares.
The federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to spray toxic insecticides within treasured and significant landscapes of the Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona to kill native grasshoppers. The areas being considered include portions of the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, and the newly designated Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation has submitted a petition for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to protect Morrison bumble bee (Bombus morrisoni) under the Endangered Species Act. Found in 14 western states, the species has been disappearing.