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Animalia
Whale Fall
Rebecca Giggs watches the slow death of a beached humpback whale.
Tadpoles
As a child, Primo Levi discovered the surprising brutality to raising tadpoles.
Witness: Butterflies on a Wheel
Anthony Doerr on the most marvellous thing he's ever seen: the migration of butterflies in Wyoming.
Lost Cat
The loss of a cat leads to recollections of other losses in this memoir by Mary Gaitskill.
Destroyed
Hilary Mantel grew up with a dog she called Victor and a brother she called pig.
