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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 number of monarchs overwintering in central Mexico increased from last year’s low, according to the annual census released today by World Wildlife Fund-Mexico and partners.
A new study published today in Science has found that populations of butterflies across the United States are declining. In addition to dramatic declines for individual species, the study concluded that total abundance of butterflies has declined by 22% from 2000 to 2020. That means that for every five butterflies seen 20 years ago, now there are only four.
Following efforts by hundreds of volunteers to count overwintering monarch butterflies in California, the 28th annual Western Monarch Count has reported a peak population of just 9,119 butterflies this winter. This is the second lowest overwintering population ever recorded since tracking began in 1997 and coincides with monarch butterflies being proposed for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
Tras los esfuerzos de cientos de voluntarios y socios por contar las mariposas monarca que invernan en California, el 28.º Conteo Anual de Mariposas Monarca Occidentales registró una población máxima de tan solo aproximadamente 9,119 mariposas este invierno. Esta es la segunda población de mariposas monarca en invernación más baja registrada desde que se comenzó a dar seguimiento, en 1997.
Following proposed monarch listing, Earthjustice and Xerces petition EPA to upgrade risk assessment data for pesticides.