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0:00So, we are in the middle of Central Park

0:01in New York and we are setting up

0:04basically a giant bug trap. And the idea

0:06is that we are going to try to collect

0:09lots of small flying insects like wasps

0:12and flies for the big goal of trying to

0:15discover a new species in the middle of

0:16New York City. So, we set up this trap

0:18here in Central Park, but we also set up

0:20a trap in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

0:22Thanks to a partnership with the Central

0:23Park Conservancy, Prospect Park

0:25Alliance, and of course, the New York

0:26City Parks Department. Scientists

0:27estimate that like as much as 90% of all

0:30species have not been discovered yet,

0:32which is just a crazy fact. Even in the

0:35middle of the largest city in the

0:36country that is incredibly well

0:38explored, there's an opportunity to

0:40discover something new, a new species.

0:42So, we have these traps which are

0:44collecting insects already as we speak.

0:46We just set them up and they're going to

0:48be open for the duration of the summer

0:50until the end of August. It's important

0:52to know what animals we share our home

0:55with, but also it's really hard to

0:57conserve species if we don't know that

0:59they exist. And right now, lots of

1:02insect groups are declining. And so,

1:04just to do the conservation to try to

1:05protect these insects, which we all rely

1:07on for pollination, for eating our poo,

1:10just knowing that they exist is an

1:12important step. So, in about a month,

1:13we're going to send our first batch of

1:14insect samples to a lab in Canada to

1:17start figuring out if what we have is

1:18new. So, check back in in about a month

1:20and follow us at vox.com if you want to

1:23see if we can discover something new in

1:24New York.