Discover hidden nature

Taxon Foundation runs community projects with the best biodiversity experts for nature education and conservation.

Our aim is to work with community groups, schoolchildren, and citizen scientists and to run field courses and research projects, with a special focus on insects and other tiny creatures.

We started as the non-profit branch of scientific travel agency Taxon Expeditions, which organises real scientific expeditions all over the world for non-scientists.

Insect of the year 2025

From a shortlist of five special native insects, each adopted by a well-known Dutch person, the public selects its favorite. Prizes are raffled among the voters. The campaign contributes to making insects more popular among the general public.

 

The Insect of the Year election has been organized since 2022 by the Taxon Foundation in collaboration with EIS Knowledge Center Insects, the Dutch Entomological Society, and Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

De verkiezing Insect van het Jaar wordt sinds 2022 georganiseerd door Taxon Foundation in samenwerking met EIS Kenniscentrum Insecten, de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging en Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

Insect of the year 2024:
The field cricket

With 31% of the votes, the field cricket has won the Insect of the Year 2024 election!

The Insect of the Year election has been organized since 2022 by the Taxon Foundation in collaboration with EIS Knowledge Center Insects, the Dutch Entomological Society, and Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

Insect of the year

Taxon Foundation aims to highlight the importance of the smallest creatures.

That is why the new project Insect of the Year was launched, in collaboration with EIS Knowledge Center Insects and the Dutch Entomological Society.

The shortlist features five special Dutch insects, each adopted by a well-known Dutch person. Vote (before April 9) for one of the five and stand a chance to win a special prize: an insect excursion with one of the celebrities or a signed copy of *Insectenrijk* by Aglaia Bouma.

A selection of our projects

Pitch a community project yourself!

Taxon Foundation welcomes grassroots nature projects that would like to enlist our help. Just drop us a line (via the contact page) to see what kind of tailor-made solutions we can offer.

Support us

Taxon Foundation has Dutch ANBI status, which means that gifts and donations to us are tax-deductible. Please contact us for more information.

Sponsors & Partners

Uyttenboogaart-Eliasen Stichting

Volkskracht

Ars Donandi

NatuurvanVroeger NU

Expeditie Leiden

Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds

Gemeente Leiden

Gemeente Nissewaard

Ilia State University Tbilisi

KNNV

IVN

Zuidhollands Landschap

Natuurmonumenten

Van der Hucht de Beukelaar Fonds

Thomas a Kempis College, Arnhem

Georgian National Federation of Speleology and Canyoning

Taxon Expeditions

Gemeente Amsterdam

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam