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