The Beatles with producer George Martin. 2016 marks my 20th year covering the Beatles as a journalist. The Fab Four are in my bones, swimming in my bloodstream. Their music is embedded in the very DNA ...

The American yellow warbler is known for its sunny-yellow plumage and sweet song. But as any birder will tell you, they’re also fidgety. Trying to get a clear view of them is like seeing flashes of ...

Massachusetts native and puppeteer Caroll Spinney, the voice behind the iconic Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, is flying the coop today, retiring from “Sesame Street” after almost 50 years. “Big Bird ...

Caroll Spinney is hanging up his big yellow bird suit. After playing the iconic Big Bird on "Sesame Street" for nearly 50 years, the 84-year-old puppeteer announced on Wednesday that he is retiring ...

Besides the sweet-natured giant yellow bird, he also played the misanthropic bellyacher Oscar the Grouch. By Robert D. McFadden Sometimes he stood 8 feet 2 inches tall. Sometimes he lived in a garbage ...

Sound like synonyms for joy. "Bird-Language," W.H. Auden (1907-1973) EAST CHATHAM, N.Y. About an hour before sunrise when the sky to the east appears that dark Maxfield Parrish blue, the dawn chorus ...