Delightful Creatures Watch squirrel enjoy bounty of nuts after it sets off Rube Goldberg machine Carla Sinclair

video Lily pads are surprisingly strong Popkin

Science Meet the "grue jay," a climate-change mashup of blue and green jays Gail Sherman

adorable animals Watch adorable desert animals quench their thirst at a watering hole Jennifer Sandlin

photos Book of Monsters (1914): Early macro photography of creepy crawlies by Marian and David Fairchild Popkin

happy mutant Man builds 'Nutty Bar' for squirrels with 7 types of nuts on tap Rusty Blazenhoff

dupe Super genius blows up backyard trying to kill critters Séamus Bellamy

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

Nature The new life of dead trees Dani Tinker

animals Zombies vs. animals? The living dead wouldn't stand a chance David Mizejewski