Results tagged “naturalhistory”

Lucy, the hottest old lady in the whole entire world, is getting written up everywhere: Forbes, Time, The Washington Post and of course The Chron. The 3.2 million year old hominid from Ethiopia is about to go on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science on Friday with much fanfare and attention. The fossil is so very old and rare that paleoanthropologists are concerned about the damage that international travel, display and a potential... more ›

Amateur entomologists may finally have a financial incentive for keeping their creepy little friends around, or in this case, trading them in. The Houston Museum of Natural History is offering cold hard Cash for Cockroaches with the goal of collecting 1,000 of our twitchy little house mates for the New Brown Hall of Entomology. Admittedly, 25 cents a pop may not be enough to lure one away from a career in investment banking, but... more ›

So you still haven't checked out A Night at the Museum...at the museum? Only 3 weeks left to see it on the big, uh BIG, screen. In the ultimate case of art imitating life, the Houston Museum of Natural Science brings A Night At The Museum to the Wortham IMAX Theater. Finally, a chance to see Ben Stiller's head true size. Adapted for the screen by Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon (of MTV's The State... more ›