On November 3, 1957, Laika, a stray dog from Moscow, became the first living creature to orbit Earth, but at a terrible cost.

In the late 1950s, Moscow’s streets were full of stray dogs that adapted to freezing nights and scarce food. One small ...

Sorry humanity has failed you, Laika”. Laika, the first dog in space, was sent on a tragic one way mission aboard the Sputnik 2 capsule. She was never expected to survive© UIG via Getty Images ...

Laika, the Portland, Oregon-based animation studio, has some very big plans for its 20th anniversary, including new movies and merchandise.

Last year, Laika in partnership with Fathom Events re-released Henry Selick's 3-D darling "Coraline," raking in $56 million at the box office and making it one of the most successful re-releases ever.

Laika—a stray picked up from the streets of Moscow—was the first animal to orbit our planet and became a global sensation. However, she did not survive the mission and died a few hours after ...

Laika’s last moments on earth were spent strapped into a windowless Soviet rocket awaiting lift off. The stray dog had enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame in 1957, having been plucked from a Moscow ...

LAIKA, the innovative, Portland, Oregon-based stop-motion animation studio, and the Museum of Pop Culture, a leading-edge nonprofit museum in Seattle, are partnering for a new exhibition that will ...

Laika Studios is celebrating Valentine’s Day with a special short-form video featuring duos from its films. The content will be posted out on Valentine’s Day across its social media channel to ...

Laika artists will make appearances and lead workshops. And, of course, the museum will screen Laika’s four films, all nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Laika had built large puppets before, specifically the five-foot Mecha-Drill from The Boxtrolls. But the Giant Skeleton was something else; it was larger, heavier, and needed to be animated as ...