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How do scientists document biodiversity in places where data are fragmented, inaccessible, or even dangerous to collect? A new study of butterfly species in Burkina Faso offers an example, in which researchers increased the count of known butterfly species there by 40 percent by combining info from scientific literature, online databases, private collections, and citizen science platforms. [Read more]
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