Chen Chao, 33, a porcelain artist in Beijing, recalled being impressed by the unique artistic style of the original Little Mole cartoons when he watched in the 1980s. "It was like a combination of ...

Miler, creator of the Little Mole character, died Wednesday. He was 90 and spent the last months of his life at a nursing home in Nova Ves pod Plesi, southwest of Prague.

PRAGUE – A stuffed toy of Little Mole, the Czech cartoon hero, returned home Friday after a voyage to outer space on NASA’s shuttle Endeavour. The 7.5-inch (19-centimetre) toy accompanied ...

A ride in the Space Shuttle Endeavour may introduce Americans to Krtek, a Czech character that has been a children's cartoon favorite around the world since its creation in the 1950s.

In the 1950s, Zdenek Miler stumbled over a molehill in woods west of Prague, giving him the idea for an animated cartoon character that has enchanted millions of children around the world and even ...

Little Mole was the brainchild of Zdenek Miler, who created the character 60 years ago. The original cartoon series, famous for its simplicity, was a hit throughout Eastern Europe and in France.

giving him the idea for an animated cartoon character that has enchanted millions of children around the world and even made it into space on a NASA shuttle. Miler, creator of the Little Mole ...

giving him the idea for an animated cartoon character that has enchanted millions of children around the world and even made it into space on a NASA shuttle. Miler, creator of the Little Mole ...