Gigantic puppets, high wire acrobatics and performance reflecting on the dangers of knife crime are some of the many varied acts that will ...

The Ninja Puppet Shenaniganza, a new puppet variety show at the Center for Puppetry Arts, is advertised as coming from “the deeply unhealthy mind of Raymond Carr.” Whether healthy or unhealthy, we can ...

A bumblebee puppet soars while a daisy awaits the bee’s visit during the Bob Baker Marionette show at the Los Angeles County Fair on May 4. Performed by the famed L.A. children’s theater, the ...

This baby is the first King vulture hatched at the zoo since the 1990s, and its father only has one other living descendent. Keepers don't yet know what the sex of the chick is.

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

The zookeeper then uses the hand puppet to feed the baby bird, which is inside a brooder that is serving as a nest for the chick. CNN reports that the bird’s gender has yet to be determined.

So, how does it work? The zoo says that a zookeeper puts on a costume, hiding their face and other human features. The zookeeper then uses the hand puppet to feed the baby bird, which is inside a ...