Zookeepers in Prague sometimes have to become puppeteers to save newborn birds rejected by their parents. This was the case for a lesser yellow-headed vulture chick hatched three weeks ago. Bird ...

In a remarkable boost for vulture conservation efforts in South Africa, 20 vulture chicks have hatched during the current breeding season at Shamwari Private Game Reserve. This achievement signifies a ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As white smoke announced the election of a new pope last week, keepers at Rome zoo celebrated the hatching of a baby bird known ...