The Glanville Fritillary is an elegant European butterfly, the stufy of which reveals some of the hidden forces shaping animal populations. And it was discovered by a woman - Eleanor Glanville - whose own life is strange story all of its own ...
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Music
Opening & Closing Themes: Running Waters and Acoustic Meditation by Audionautix (Jason Shaw), from audionautix.com. CC BY 3.0.
Computations in a Snowstorm by Scott Buckley, CC BY 4.0
Torn, Run, Chasing Ghosts and No Way Out by Philipp Weigl, CC BY 4.0