On Aug. 8, Paperhand Puppet Intervention once again braves the late-summer heat to put on its annual show at UNC’s Forest Theatre. THE PAINTED BIRD, a new production that fans helped fund with more ...

It’s a technique the Bronx Zoo has been using for more than 40 years. Gabby Rosato, a senior keeper in the ornithology department, is putting on what’s known as a ghost outfit. The bird is being ...

Ryan Bomgardner spends much of the year traveling with his “friends” — the ventriloquist dummies to whom he gives voice and life for audiences around the world. An Ephrata native, Bomgardner has been ...

A baby vulture at a New York zoo is being fed not by another bird but by a hand puppet — a decades-old technique used to ensure the chick doesn’t identify too closely with its human handlers. King ...

The baby bird is the first king vulture chick hatched at the zoo in three decades WCS photographer, Terria Clay The Bronx Zoo in New York is trying a playful method to get its newest king vulture ...