You’ve got to admit a giant baby is not the most common focal point of a town centre. This is the scenario people in Rochdale ...

Explore Jim Henson's puppets and Muppets in the Smithsonian's collections along with related collection items. Learn their backstories, their missions, and the inspiration for each of them. National ...

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The 27ft figure, called Lilly, has suddenly sprung up in Rochdale town centre - but its imposing presence has stirred up controversy. The giant baby has been described as 'creepy' and the 'ugliest ...

This is the scenario people in Rochdale are living through – a giant puppet baby staring back at them. However, it’s there for an important reason. The 8.5m high figure, called Lilly ...

and a four-legged fiberglass standing puppet to show a polar bear's height. The team also used a "couch bear," which was a gray buck to lean against. Even though the animals look incredibly real ...

The polar bear is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding landmasses. A boar (adult male ...

The great white polar bear is the youngest and largest of the world's bear species — a mighty hunter and fierce defender of its young that's among the world's most vulnerable animals. Two-thirds of ...

Since 1922, Princeton University Press has been honored to publish the work of Albert Einstein (1879‑1955). That year, the Press published Einstein’s The Meaning of Relativity, becoming the first US ...

Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk ...