Birders at the Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary got a rare treat last week: the appearance of a Great Lakes Piping Plover ...

Frigatebirds are incredibly unique birds with a strange mating display. Read here to learn about the red, inflatable pouches on their neck.

Not to dwell on that little bird but it also reminded me of another bird – Sesame Street’s loveable, 8-foot, 2-inch yellow canary named “Big Bird” – that also played a much-remarked upon ...

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 and the Muppets were not just a TV show to us – they were, on some level, our friends. And more important, they taught us things before we ever stepped foot in school.

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 ...

“Playing Big Bird is one of the most joyous things of my life,” he said. Spinney first landed the gig in 1969, when Sesame Street creator Jim Henson caught one of his performances.

For instance, Big Bird's head weighs four-and-a-half pounds. And the puppet head is in my hand, and that rises a full foot above the top of my head, which is bent over. SIEGEL: He was 91 when he died.

Big Bird reaped a major publicity blitz following the presidential debate on Oct. 3, but a new portrait of the “Sesame Street” icon, concocted solely out of breakfast cereals, definitely marks ...