When humans collide with nature, the results can be scary or wonderful, but they'll always make for a great story. In this month's Muse, geoengineers race to save the world with clouds, algae, and salt water. Beetles are creepily resilient, even in the face of the apocalypse. You'll learn how to FedEx a whale, should you so desire; gaze at gorgeous photographs of nature reclaiming Detroit; and read tales from phony naturalists who claim to have seen a fox ride on a sheep.

Muse reader Kaeli talks about NOT starring in Alice in Wonderland: The Gangster Rap. Do you have the theater bug? The flu bug? The radioactive cockroach bug? Talk to us.

After you read our much-anticipated "Polly Does NOT Want a Cracker" contest winners, submit your own nature tale to our new contest (submissions documenting the flight of the Sus domestica will not be considered).