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Leave the Leaves!
5. October 2024
The EPA's New Strategies to Protect Endangered Species from Pesticides Need Improvement
12. September 2024
To Protect Pollinators, We Need to Fight Light Pollution
6. June 2024
World Migratory Bird Day: Birds Need Bugs, And Both Need Our Help
9. May 2024
They Go with Everything: Even a Small Patch of Native Wildflowers Makes a Difference
27. April 2024
Clear Space for Bees: Why Pollinators in Your Yard Need Access To Bare Ground
24. April 2024
Wildlife on the Rocks: Providing the Rocky Habitats Bugs Need for Shelter
23. April 2024
If You’re Thirsty, They’re Thirsty: Make a Simple Water Source To Support Pollinators
22. April 2024
Tiny Places for Tiny Animals: Building the Microhabitats that Bugs Need to Thrive
21. April 2024
For Pollinators' Sakes, Don’t Spring into Garden Cleanup Too Soon!
20. March 2024
The Power of Peer-to-Peer Fundraising: Join our December Fundraising Challenge!
1. December 2023
3 Ways to Host a Fundraiser for the Xerces Society
18. November 2023
Protecting Invertebrates – Even When We Can’t See Them
29. September 2023
These Bee-Safe Communities are Welcoming Back Pollinators
23. June 2023
Looking for Pollinator-Safe Plants? Talk to Your Nursery
22. June 2023
Tips for Pollinator-Safe Gardening
21. June 2023
Top 7 Reasons to Stop Pesticide Use at Home
20. June 2023
Keep Monarchs Wild: Why Captive Rearing Isn’t the Way to Help Monarchs
15. June 2023
California Garden Center Leads by Example with Monarch Wishing Tree
1. June 2023
Ways to Defend Biodiversity this Earth Week
17. April 2023
What is a Monarch’s Favorite Nectar Plant? Scientists are Seeking Your Observations
6. April 2023
Can You Top These 15 Creative Xerces Fundraiser Ideas?
2. February 2023
Four Steps You can Take to Bring Back the Pollinators
6. April 2022
Businesses Support the “Little Things that Run the World”
7. October 2021
Bee City USA & Bee Campus USA Affiliate Spotlight: University of Michigan-Dearborn
22. September 2021
Using Community Science to Conserve Bumble Bees: From Small Beginnings to a Continent-Wide Effort
29. July 2021
Building Resilient Communities: Reflecting on a Year of Challenge and Opportunity for Bee City USA & Bee Campus USA
20. June 2021
What Should You Do for Pollinator Week? Go Bumble Bee Watching!
16. June 2021
Shedding Light on Firefly Natural History and Distributions through Community Science
4. May 2021
Bee Better Certified: One Acre at a Time
23. April 2021
Applying a Holistic Approach to Monarch Conservation
22. April 2021
Supporting Firefly Conservation from Coast to Coast
21. April 2021
Ask for a Healthier World
20. April 2021
The Actual Earth of Earth Week
19. April 2021
WARNING: this blog post may entice you to partake in “virtual democracy”
17. March 2021
Pollinator Conservation Program Digest – March 2021
10. March 2021
Resident Monarch Populations on the Rise in California: What Does this Mean for the Western Migratory Population?
1. March 2021
Fifth Annual Western Monarch New Year’s Count Confirms Continued Decline in Western Monarch Population
1. March 2021
To Protect Pollinators, Talk to Your Nursery
10. February 2021
Pollinator Conservation Program Digest – February 2021
2. February 2021
Western Monarch Population Closer to Extinction as the Wait Continues for Monarchs’ Protection Under the Endangered Species Act
19. January 2021
Leave the Leaves to Benefit Wildlife
12. November 2020
Discovery of a Rare Plant Through Remnant Prairie Restoration
15. July 2020
Hope Rising: World Firefly Day
26. June 2020
Notes from the Other Orders: Beetles as Pollinators
16. June 2020
Celebrating a Year of Enacting Positive Change: Bee City USA & Bee Campus USA
15. June 2020
An Unlikely Invasion: Giant Hornets in North America
9. June 2020
How to Maximize Benefits to Pollinators in Cities and Towns
24. April 2020
Start Now To Prevent Mosquito-Borne Disease and Keep Our Pollinators Safe
22. April 2020
Tracking Butterfly Populations through Community Science
22. April 2020
Nebraska Bumble Bee Atlas: Doing a Little to Impact the Whole
22. April 2020
This Earth Week, Let's Bring Communities Together to Protect Pollinators
20. April 2020
Earth Week Reading: Gardening to Save the Planet
18. April 2020
12 Climate Actions for Earth Week
18. April 2020
The Xerces Society's Response to COVID-19
16. March 2020
Monarchs Overwintering in Mexico Down 53%
13. March 2020
Five Ways to Support Queen Bumble Bees this Spring
13. March 2020
New Year’s Count Finds Continued Decline of Monarchs Overwintering in California
4. March 2020
Evolution in Attitudes Leads to Greater Interest in Pollinator Conservation
24. February 2020
Support Pollinator Conservation by Reducing or Eliminating Pesticide Use in Urban Environments
18. February 2020
Tu BiShvat, the New Year for Trees, Provides a Chance to Support Invertebrates
5. 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
Xerces' Holistic Approach to Conservation
16. January 2020
Climate News Roundup: IPCC Lands Report
8. January 2020
Insect Apocalypse? What Is Really Happening; Why it Matters; and How We All Can Help
27. December 2019
Hope and Heart: Engaging Volunteers in Conservation
4. December 2019
Still Questing for Bee Nests
18. November 2019
Bee City USA Begins a New Chapter
15. November 2019
Conserving the Jewels of the Night
31. October 2019
Pollinator Conservation Program Digest – October 2019
29. October 2019
Western Monarchs: Notes from the Field
21. October 2019
Nature Close to Home: Reimagining Gardens to Support Invertebrates
18. September 2019
Climate News Round-Up: The Power of Trees!
13. August 2019
Community Science Powers New Western Monarch Studies
30. July 2019
Arriving in Stores: Bee Better Certified Blueberries
11. July 2019
Celebrate World Firefly Day by Keeping Nights Dark
5. July 2019
Let’s Make Every Week Pollinator Week!
23. June 2019
Working to Conserve Monarchs from Coast to Coast
21. June 2019
Remember the Ground Nesting Bees when You Make Your Patch of Land Pollinator-Friendly
20. June 2019
Managing Invertebrate-Friendly Gardens
19. June 2019
Introducing Xerces’ Newest Community Science Project: Nebraska Bumble Bee Atlas
18. June 2019
Bee City USA: Galvanizing Communities to Reverse Pollinator Decline
18. June 2019
Bring Back the Pollinators During National Pollinator Week
17. June 2019
New iNaturalist Project Makes it Easier to Submit Data to the Western Monarch Milkweed Mapper
7. June 2019
5 Ways Wildlife Preservation Canada’s Bumble Bee Recovery & Conservation Initiatives Benefit from Bumble Bee Watch
2. May 2019
How to Support Monarch Butterfly Conservation—During Earth Week and Beyond!
27. April 2019
Bee City USA Mobilizes Communities to Support Imperiled Pollinators—Here’s How to Join
26. April 2019
Honoring Robbin Thorp, a Legendary Figure in North American Bee Conservation
24. April 2019
Pesticide-Free Gardening Tips for Earth Week and Beyond
23. April 2019
Bee Better Certified Engages the Almond Industry
22. April 2019
Pledge to Bring Back the Pollinators—on Earth Day and Every Day
22. April 2019
Community Scientists Take on the Cultivar Conundrum
10. April 2019
A Quest for Bumble Bee Nests: The Missing Link
26. March 2019
Bee Better Certified: An Evolving Standard
22. 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
Record Low Number of Overwintering Monarch Butterflies in California—They Need Your Help!
17. January 2019
Climate News Round-Up: January 2019
3. January 2019
Businesses Aligning with the Life that Sustains Us
20. December 2018
Where Do Pollinators Go in the Winter?
10. December 2018
Early Thanksgiving Counts Show a Critically Low Monarch Population in California
29. November 2018
Celebrate Invertebrates During National Apple Month
10. October 2018
The Endangered Species Act Needs Your Help!
29. August 2018
Xerces Society + Bee City USA = A Match Made in Pollinator Heaven
11. June 2018
Surprising Results from a Survey of Bumble Bee Watch Users
23. May 2018
Bee Friendlier with Your Lawncare
6. May 2018
Managing for Monarchs in the West
1. May 2018
10 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day
20. April 2018
How Our Gardening Choices Affect the Health of Our Waterways
22. February 2018
Very Low Numbers of Monarchs Overwintering in California may Reflect an Unusual Fall
2. February 2018
Staff Stories: Life in the Suburbs
1. February 2018
Sran Family Orchards: The First Bee Better Certified Farm
10. January 2018
Picking Plants for Pollinators: The Cultivar Conundrum
21. November 2017
Planning Your Plantings for Climate Resiliency
14. November 2017
Going Beyond the Bloom: Don’t Be Just A Flower-Weather Friend
10. November 2017
Telluride Teen Takes Action Helping Pollinators
13. September 2017
To Protect Moths—Turn Out the Lights!
27. July 2017
Don’t Downsize the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
24. July 2017
Protecting Pollinators One Community at a Time
22. June 2017
Are you up for the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge?
10. June 2017
Science: Something Worth Marching For
13. April 2017
Conservation Comes Home
3. February 2017
To Save Monarchs, We Need More than Just Milkweed
7. December 2016
Monarch & Milkweed Workshops Engage Public Land Managers in Western States
20. July 2016
ID Dragonflies and Locate Hotspots with the Dragonfly ID App!
3. October 2015
Wildflowers, Harbingers of Spring
28. April 2015
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