The Bronx Zoo’s baby king vulture gets fed with a hand puppet that looks like an adult bird. Hatched on February 25, this tiny as-yet-unnamed creature in the fluffy white feather shrug looks ...

A king vulture hand puppet during the painting process. WCS photographer, Terria Clay. Per a release from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the chick’s successful development and genetics are ...

A king vulture sits during a feeding session, March 2025, at the Bronx Zoo in the Bronx borough of New York. (Terria Clay/Wildlife Conservation Society via AP) ...

A king vulture chick is being hand-raised by a puppet at a New York City zoo. On February 25, the Bronx Zoo welcomed its first king vulture chick since the 1990s, according to a press release from ...

It is also the first king vulture hatched at the Bronx Zoo since the 1990’s. The sex of the chick has not yet been determined." Of course, commenters were smitten with the news of the new baby ...

The first king vulture in 30 years was hatched in the Bronx Zoo. Zookeepers are using an interesting method to hand-raise the bird. Here's why.

A baby vulture at the Bronx Zoo in New York is being raised with a rather unusual parenting technique: feeding with a hand puppet designed to resemble an adult vulture.. King vultures are known to ...

A king vulture sits during a feeding session, March 2025, at the Bronx Zoo in the Bronx borough of New York. (Terria Clay/Wildlife Conservation Society via AP) ...