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While around one million insects have been described by science, the bulk of an estimated 40 million are yet to be identified. But with populations rapidly declining due to climate change and habitat loss, documenting these tiny lives is a race against the clock. Leading the charge at UCR is Doug Yanega, senior scientist at the Entomology Research Museum and one of the world’s foremost insect experts. With his rare ability to identify unknown species, Yanega is working to transform the museum’s four-million-specimen “library” into a definitive record of the natural world.