Sesame Workshop, the company behind Big Bird and Elmo, and McGraw-Hill Education, a billion-dollar for-profit company known for school textbooks, announced their partnership Thursday.

The organization shuts down after almost six decades of fueling production of celebrated educational programming, cultural ...

Caroll Spinney, the Sesame Street puppeteer behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, died Sunday at age 85. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press) ...

The puppeteer who has played Big Bird on “Sesame Street” is retiring after nearly 50 years on the show. Caroll Spinney tells the New York Times that Thursday will be his last day on the ...

Caroll Spinney has been with Sesame Street since its start in 1969. But the puppeteer who brought Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch to life for nearly 50 years says its time to retire.

Caroll Spinney attends the 'I Am Big Bird' Screening at 2014 Doc NYC on November 14, 2014. Laura Cavanaugh/Getty Images Someone is going to have some big bird shoes to fill at Sesame Street.

June 20, the official start of summer, also marks the start of Sesame Summer Splash with select water attractions, appearances by classic Sesame Street characters and extended hours.

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama participates in a Let's Move! Funny or Die game show taping with Billy Eichner of Billy on the Street and Big Bird at Safeway supermarket January 12, 2015 in Washington, ...

News Sesame Street turns 55: Here’s where to follow Big Bird, Elmo and more on social media and their reassuring messages about anxiety, kindness and cookies Several Sesame Street characters have ...

The Big Bird actor has to give a performance with every part of his body without having a view of the stage, inside the thermal equivalent of a parka Colby Cosh Published Oct 17, 2018 • 4 minute ...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps pay for PBS, NPR, 1,500 local radio and television stations as well as ...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps pay for PBS, NPR, 1,500 local radio and television stations as well as ...