There are millions of undiscovered species on Earth. Vox is trying to find one.

There are millions of species we've never seen. According to Nieman Lab, Vox is trying to find one—and it's sending reporter Benji Jones into the field to do it. On a hot June day in Manhattan, near Central Park Zoo, Jones has been collecting and examining insects, peering into bottles of ethanol and searching for evidence of life that science hasn't yet discovered. It's a portrait of how one media outlet is tackling the challenge of exploration and scientific discovery in an era when much of the natural world still remains a mystery.

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