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Love butterflies? Houstonist does too!!! (and frogs!) Saturday is all about the butterfly as the Cockrell Butterfly Center holds a butterfly adoption from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.. For the low, low price of $15/per person (which includes admission to the Butterfly Center) participants have the opportunity to release a butterfly into the Center. Every butterfly parent receives a certificate of adoption, a gift and a mention online! As if that weren't enough, there's more!!... more ›

Start spreading the news: Emirates Airlines has chosen Houston Intercontinental as its second North American destination for direct flights to and from Dubai. Starting in early December, the flight will be Emirate's longest at a comfy 17 solid hours from the UAE to Houston. If you're looking for extremely luxurious living that's only a slightly longer commute than The Woodlands, this could be the beginnings of your next exurb. This news should also come... more ›

Remember Jim Stevenson, the bird expert accused of shooting a cat to death at San Luis Pass last week? He hasn't admitted that he shot the cat, but the Chronicle reports today that the incident apparently wouldn't be that unusual for Stevenson, who claims to have shot dozens of cats after building his home on Galveston Island in the late 1990s. The anti-cat manifesto came in a 1999 Internet posting: more ›

If you didn't get enough of skeletons this Halloween, don't worry. The Houston Museum of Natural Science spent four years in negotiation with the Ethopian government to bring Lucy, one of the world's most famous skeletons, to the United States. Lucy was a hominid who lived 3-4 millions years ago. Her skeleton was unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974 and has only been on public display twice, both in Ethopia. A replica is on display currently,... more ›