For the first time in three decades, a king vulture chick has hatched at the Bronx Zoo in New York.The staff at the zoo are using a unique method to hand-raise the rare baby bird.In a social media ...

A baby vulture at a New York zoo is being fed not by another bird but by a hand puppet — a decades-old technique used to ensure the chick doesn’t identify too closely with its human handlers. King ...

The baby bird is the first king vulture chick hatched at the zoo in three decades WCS photographer, Terria Clay The Bronx Zoo in New York is trying a playful method to get its newest king vulture ...

A few decades ago, William G. Conway — the late ornithologist who’s largely responsible for reimagining the Bronx Zoo as the conservation-minded institution we know today — had his upper lip bitten ...

April 29 (UPI) --The Bronx Zoo in New York announced the first king vulture chick to hatch at the facility in three decades is being hand-raised using a puppet made to look like a mother vulture.

It’s a technique the Bronx Zoo has been using for more than 40 years. Gabby Rosato, a senior keeper in the ornithology department, is putting on what’s known as a ghost outfit. The bird is being ...