Local women in traditional dress sing carols outside a 'basca' hobbit house in Rogojeni, Moldova Local women watch the pig being roasted for the Christmas celebration in Rogojeni Locals get the pig ...

They call Rogojeni the "hobbit village", and its little half-buried houses, built to resist Moldova's cold winters and hot summers, do look like something from "The Lord of the Rings". The traditional ...

An international team of scientists, including the University of Wollongong (UOW), has found compelling evidence that a changing climate played a role in the extinction of the early human species Homo ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup. First up, the European Union’s ...

You wouldn’t know it from today’s biggest films or video games or TV shows depicting this universe, but J.R.R. Tolkien wasn’t all that into the battles or violence. He spent more time describing meals ...

Construction of a unique earth house that captures the charm of a Hobbit home with mud walls and a grass roof. The build incorporates an underground room that feels cozy and connected to the landscape ...

(Left to right) Danny Simpson (Thorin), Chelsea Cannon (Kili), Chennelle Bryant-Harris (Bombur), Cody Swanson (Bilbo), Jasmine Renee (Oin) and Ariana Starkman (Ori) in Dobama Theatre's production of ...

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Dobama Theatre’s “The Hobbit” doesn’t just spark your imagination; it depends on it. Director Erin E. Dolan invites audiences to help picture what can’t fully appear in a ...