Researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale spent a year analyzing more than 180 million bird vocalizations across ...

"If you have kids, pets, asthma, lungs, a pulmonary system or you just enjoy breathing, this thing is for you," wrote one ...

Pink slips have been flying in Washington, and one made its way to Big Bird. Earlier this month, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced that because of the Congressionally approved cuts ...

I seldom write columns about the reaction to my columns, but the reaction to a recent one in which I expressed support for the cutoff of government funding for NPR/PBS seemed to require one.

Here’s what to know: Losing funding President Donald Trump signed a bill on July 24 canceling about $1.1 billion that had been approved for public broadcasting. The White House says the public ...

PA Politics Beyond Big Bird: What the Center for Public Broadcasting does and what its closing means Published: Aug. 02, 2025, 8:58 a.m.

Over the decades, characters from Big Bird to Cookie Monster and Elmo have become household favorites Entertainer Carol Burnett appeared on that inaugural episode.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps pay for PBS, NPR, 1,500 local radio and television stations as well as programs like “Sesame Street” and “Finding Your Roots,” said Friday that it ...

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office shared a photo showing the large flightless bird sitting in the shade along with two deputies. Officials said the emu escaped from its owner, which prompted ...

The preening puffery and shameless dishonesty about public media.

For now, Big Bird’s bosses remain in place—though if Congressional Republicans have their way, they won’t have much to oversee once NPR and PBS get defunded.

B ig Bird deserves to lose this time. In the past, whenever Republicans have tried to cut federal funding for public broadcasting, the eight-foot-two-inch-tall yellow bird has been trotted out as ...