Understanding the human body is a team effort. That's where the Yachtel group comes in.

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Interested in studying exotic life forms, maybe even identifying new species? Well, forget about

buying a plane ticket. Just take a look in your basement, bathroom, or boudoir. Because researchers

in North Carolina aim to document the critters that live among us in

the Great indoors.

Ten years ago, biologists led by Rob Dunn at North Carolina State began to explore the biodiversity

of insects in 50 homes in the Raleigh area.

Though they expected to uncover a couple dozen bugs, they turned up more than a thousand

distinct species. And when they expanded their studies couple dozen bugs, they turned up more than a thousand distinct

species.

And when they expanded their studies to other cities, they found lots more, some entirely

new to science.

Now they're enlisting an intrepid brigade of citizen scientists to carry the work further.

That means you.

Simply explore your immediate environment. Poke around under the sink, behind the curtains, the back of the pantry, and snap a pick of what you find.

Then, upload your images to the social networking app, I Naturalist.

The observations you post will be shared with the global community of experts who can identify the creepy crawlies you've encountered.

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