Across North America, firefly populations are slipping. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation warns that as many ...

This year, the Xerces Society counted just 28,429. If this catastrophic trend continues, experts say the monarch butterfly could very well go extinct in the next 20 years.

Xerces Society runs the Bee City USA program and the Pollinator Protection Pledge to empower cities and individuals, helping nature’s pollinators thrive.

The number of monarch butterflies wintering in California remains at a critically low level, according to a new study. The total number of monarchs observed this year during The Xerces Society ...

Light pollution, reduced habitat and pesticides can impact the lightning bug populations in your neighborhood.

The Xerces Society also hosts regional events and webinars; a Bee Better Certification Program that provides incentives to conservation-minded farmers and points consumers towards food grown with ...

Western monarch butterflies are being seen in greater numbers after an all-time low of less than 2,000 butterflies counted last year, according to Xerces Society, which works to protect the ...

Scott Hoffman Black is executive director of the Xerces Society, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the diversity of life through the conservation of invertebrates ...

Melina Mara/The Washington Post. Deedee Soto is a biologist and pollinator conservation planner with the Xerces Society. She works with growers and ranchers in California’s Central Valley to ...

"100 Plants to Feed the Bees: Provide a Healthy Habitat to Help Pollinators Thrive" by The Xerces Society ($17, Storey): The guide is an A-Z list of wildflowers, trees, shrubs, herbs and ...