Shoebill birds can reach a height of five feet, but the prehistoric-looking creatures generally aren't taller than people.

Oscar the Grouch sometimes calls his pal Big Bird a turkey, but that’s wrong. And when Jim Henson dreamed up the character, he thought of him as a country bumpkin. That’s wrong, too. It turns out that ...

Mortality visits you in the strangest places. For me, it arrived in the form of Big Bird Monday night. The man behind that high-pitched, ever-so-slightly squeaky voice that defined childhood innocence ...

“Sesame Street” has become such a fixture of American culture, it’s easy sometimes to forget just how radical it is. I honestly hadn’t given the program much thought for most of my adult life, but I ...

No negative thoughts, words or deeds intrude upon “I Am Big Bird,” Dave LaMattina and Chad Walker’s documentary about Caroll Spinney, the man behind the voice, walk, heart and soul of the beloved ...