Whether Gollum haunts the premises remains to be seen, but Gandalf greets visitors at the Ohiopyle Hobbit House. The “Lord of the Rings”-themed vacation rental property is newly open amidst 60 wooded ...

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In the trilogy’s first film, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” hobbit Bilbo Baggins departs the Shire to join the Company of adventurers — Gandalf the Grey, head Dwarf Thorin, and 12 other Dwarves ...

The origin story of Homo floresiensis, an oddball member of the human family that lived as recently as 60,000 years ago on the Indonesian island of Flores, is coming into focus. With its miniature ...

If your favorite part of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings books or movies is the time spent in the Shire – the lush, verdant, and hilly home of the habitually hungry halflings who live in holes ...