But she’s “not an experienced mother,” he adds, and therefore “would be unlikely to display any maternal behavior toward ...

The Bronx Zoo in New York is using a specially designed hand puppet to feed its new king vulture chick, which is intended to ...

The new king vulture chick, which is yet to be named, is the first of its kind to be hatched at the Bronx Zoo since the 1990s ...

The zookeeper then uses the hand puppet to feed the baby bird, which is inside a brooder that is serving as a nest for the chick.CNN reports that the bird’s gender has yet to be determined.

so hand-feeding is necessary to ensure the baby survives, the Bronx Zoo said in a statement Tuesday. But to make sure it doesn't imprint on humans, staff train the bird's instincts onto a hand ...