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Endangered Species
Xerces is Seeking Endangered Species Act Protection for the Imperiled Makah Copper Butterfly
16. August 2024
Announcing the State of the Bees Initiative: Our Plan To Study Every Wild Bee Species in the U.S.
8. August 2024
Southern Plains Bumble Bee is One Step Closer to Federal Protection
15. February 2024
50 Years of Invertebrate Conservation Under the Endangered Species Act
28. December 2023
Xerces Society Files ESA Petition to Protect Morrison Bumble Bee
16. November 2023
This Beetle Buries the Dead
26. October 2023
Secrets of the Nevada Nighttime (No, It’s Not Aliens)
19. October 2023
The Xerces Society has Submitted a Petition for the Listing of the Large Marble Butterfly Under the Federal Endangered Species Act
3. October 2023
Searching for Rare Butterflies on the Oregon and California Coasts
20. July 2023
Keep Monarchs Wild: Why Captive Rearing Isn’t the Way to Help Monarchs
15. June 2023
Without State-Level Protection, These Invertebrates Face an Uncertain Future
20. April 2023
Insects Are Wildlife, Too
18. April 2023
ESA Petition Filed to Protect the Loopy Five Firefly, a Southeastern Lightning Bug
21. March 2023
New Firefly Atlas Will Put Beloved Beetles on the Map
7. March 2023
Notes From the Field: Putting Snails on the (Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument) Map
27. October 2022
In Search of the Elusive Northern Forestfly
4. August 2022
World Firefly Day: Keeping Fireflies in the Neighborhood
29. June 2022
Sparking a Sustainable Firefly Tourism Movement
13. April 2022
New Report: State of the Fireflies of the US and Canada
2. February 2022
A Q&A with Daniel Potvin-Leduc, a Bumble Bee Watch Star from Quebec
12. October 2021
Using Community Science to Conserve Bumble Bees: From Small Beginnings to a Continent-Wide Effort
29. July 2021
Shedding Light on Firefly Natural History and Distributions through Community Science
4. May 2021
Latest Update to the IUCN Red List Includes First Global Assessments for Fireflies, with a Spotlight on North America
25. March 2021
Monarch Numbers from Mexico Point to Declining Population
26. February 2021
California Court Case: Protection of Insects under the California Endangered Species Act
8. February 2021
Western Monarch Population Closer to Extinction as the Wait Continues for Monarchs’ Protection Under the Endangered Species Act
19. January 2021
Court Decision Undermines the State of California’s Ability to Protect Insects Under its Endangered Species Act
20. November 2020
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Fails to Designate Critical Habitat for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
1. September 2020
Working from the (river) bottom up to conserve the western ridged mussel
17. August 2020
Australia’s Green Carpenter Bee on the Brink
17. July 2020
Nature-Based Solutions: A Win for Both Biodiversity and the Climate
29. June 2020
Nebraska Bumble Bee Atlas: Doing a Little to Impact the Whole
22. April 2020
Evolution in Attitudes Leads to Greater Interest in Pollinator Conservation
24. February 2020
The Vanishing Butterfly Groves of California
27. January 2020
Thanksgiving Count Shows Western Monarchs Need Our Help More than Ever
23. January 2020
Monarch and Pollinator Habitat Kits Designed to Support Imperiled Western Monarchs
10. December 2019
Conserving the Jewels of the Night
31. October 2019
The Source of Hope and Wonder Comes in Small Packages
10. September 2019
Working Together in Iowa to Find the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
4. September 2019
Insects Lose as Trump Administration Weakens the Endangered Species Act
29. August 2019
Community Science Powers New Western Monarch Studies
30. July 2019
Celebrate World Firefly Day by Keeping Nights Dark
5. July 2019
Working to Conserve Monarchs from Coast to Coast
21. June 2019
Introducing Xerces’ Newest Community Science Project: Nebraska Bumble Bee Atlas
18. June 2019
Taking a Stand for Firefly Species Facing Extinction
15. May 2019
How to Support Monarch Butterfly Conservation—During Earth Week and Beyond!
27. April 2019
Honoring Robbin Thorp, a Legendary Figure in North American Bee Conservation
24. April 2019
Community Scientists Take on the Cultivar Conundrum
10. April 2019
Announcing the 2019 DeWind Awardees
3. April 2019
A Quest for Bumble Bee Nests: The Missing Link
26. March 2019
Community Scientists Can Help Support Imperiled Western Monarchs
12. March 2019
Photo Essay: Trinational Monarch Meeting and Exploring Mexico’s Monarch Overwintering Sites
7. March 2019
National Butterfly Center Gets Reprieve—But Border Wall Will Impact Much More
15. February 2019
New Year’s Count of Western Monarchs Confirms Decline, Trends Seen in Previous Years
5. February 2019
Pollinator Conservation Program Digest – January 2019
28. January 2019
Record Low Number of Overwintering Monarch Butterflies in California—They Need Your Help!
17. January 2019
Pollinators and the 2018 Farm Bill
10. January 2019
Climate News Round-Up: January 2019
3. January 2019
Businesses Aligning with the Life that Sustains Us
20. December 2018
Pollinator Conservation Program Digest – November 2018
4. December 2018
A Shifting Climate Creates Winners and Losers
27. November 2018
Western Monarch Numbers Expected to Be Low this Year
15. November 2018
The Xerces Society Seeks Endangered Species Protections for California Bumble Bees
16. October 2018
Keeping the Lights Burning: The Status of Fireflies in the United States and Canada
1. October 2018
The Endangered Species Act Needs Your Help!
29. August 2018
Connecticut’s Sand Plains Need Protection
11. May 2018
Managing for Monarchs in the West
1. May 2018
Tropical Milkweed—a No-Grow
19. April 2018
Scientists Urge Action to Protect Waters from Neonicotinoid Insecticides
13. March 2018
Second New Year's Count Supports Monarchs' Movement Between Sites
7. March 2018
Community Science Data Aids in Expert Testimony on Regulation of Commercially Bred Bumble Bees
4. October 2017
1.3 Billion Stems of Milkweed Needed in Midwest to Recover Monarch Population
29. June 2017
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Deserves Protection, Not Delay
2. March 2017
2017 Monarch Numbers Are Down, Lengthening a Worrying Trend
9. February 2017
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee: The First Bee in the Continental U.S. to be Protected Under the Endangered Species Act
11. January 2017
Western Freshwater Mussels: Unobtrusive, Invaluable—and on the Red List
9. December 2016
Five Lesser-Known Places to See Monarchs Overwintering in California
23. November 2016
In a rapidly warming climate, imperiled species may have nowhere to run.
30. September 2016
ID Dragonflies and Locate Hotspots with the Dragonfly ID App!
3. October 2015
Hawai‘ian Yellow-Faced Bees: The First U.S. Bees Proposed for ESA Protection
30. September 2015
Climate Change Driving, Not the Only Passenger; Bumble Bee Conservation in Context
16. July 2015
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