President Donald Trump signed a law pulling around $1.1 billion from public broadcasting throughout the nation. Mississippi ...

The organization shuts down after almost six decades of fueling production of celebrated educational programming, cultural content, and emergency alerts about natural disasters ...

‘My work is about evoking empathy and making nature personal,” says Tim Flach, who photographs horses, dogs and other ...

“So once in a while, he wouldn’t see Big Bird on some days, because he wasn’t necessarily in every show. So he asked could I telephone him, and talk to the boy, tell him what a good boy he ...

Males slightly outweighed females, but both sexes stood nearly 10 feet tall, Handley says. Big Bird’s rival for bulk is the extinct elephant bird, long billed as the largest fowl on the planet.

Big Bird looks at him — he was known for his swoopy nose — and says, [Big Bird voice] “Boy, I thought I had a funny-looking beak.” Here he is, one of the greatest comedians in the world ...

Caroll Spinney, the actor who played Big Bird and Oscar on "Sesame Street," died on Dec. 8 at the age of 85. His cultural impact was enormous, but one phone call he made behind the scenes ...

Big Bird is familiar to countless people of multiple generations all around the world who grew up watching “Sesame Street.” But who”s the man behind (or inside, actually) the 8-foot-tall ...

Big Bird: I know things are a little different right now, but you could still learn and play together, even on video. My friend, Rosita, has to stay home because her abuelita ("grandma") lives ...

Big Bird reads to Connor Scott and Tiffany Jiao during a taping of Sesame Street in New York, April 10, 2008. Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who has played Big Bird on "Sesame Street" is retiring ...

Big Bird's vaccination announcement received a shout-out from President Joe Biden, who replied, "Good on ya, @BigBird. Getting vaccinated is the best way to keep your whole neighborhood safe." ...

Yes, Big Bird is now on the campaign trail, four weeks out from Election Day. The latest sign: A tongue-in-cheek ad released Tuesday by the Democrats and immediately the target of ridicule by ...