The U.S. federal government shutdown continues with no end in sight. It’s a disaster for countless American residents and businesses that rely on public programs and services. However, the Trump ...

The orangutan, the hyena and the Bengal tiger took millions of years of evolution to reach their modern forms. Their zoological counterparts that take the stage in Life of Pi came to life after about ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Adam Smith has become the symbol of American capitalism, a champion of free trade and a free market. But it wasn’t always that way. In fact, it sometimes seems as if capitalism and America share the ...

The Paperhand Puppet Project debuted its show, The Gift, just over a month after its studio in Saxapahaw flooded during Tropical Storm Chantal. Executive Director Donovan Zimmerman said the theatre is ...

James Abbott II has always been a performer. And, he said, "I have always done things out of the box." That's a fitting statement for the founder of Puppet Karaoke Detroit. Abbott, a 37-year-old ...

Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic Hollyhock House has many incredible architectural attributes, but it also has a name that is floral, fantastical, and just a wee bit fanciful, too. Stream Los Angeles News ...

July 24, 2025 – The FDA has approved a new treatment as the first and only skin cream for a specific type of hand eczema that affects about 1 in every 10 people globally. The cream, sold under the ...

When you first look at this King vulture chick it might look like any other happy baby being fed by it's mother. But would you be surprised to hear the mother is actually a hand-puppet? The chick ...

A king vulture chick is being hand-raised by a puppet at a New York City zoo. On February 25, the Bronx Zoo welcomed its first king vulture chick since the 1990s, according to a press release from the ...

A few decades ago, William G. Conway — the late ornithologist who’s largely responsible for reimagining the Bronx Zoo as the conservation-minded institution we know today — had his upper lip bitten ...