The zoo has grown more than 10,000 pounds of produce hydroponically since then, Burns said. That’s been enough to supplement ...

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

A King Vulture chick at the Bronx Zoo is being fed by zoo workers wearing hand puppets. The zoo uses puppets for feeding so that the vulture chick doesn't imprint on humans.

Why not just feed zoo animals whatever they eat in the wild? Michael Maslanka, who oversees the feeding of the 2,000 animals at the National Zoo, representing 400 species, gets that question a lot.

The Bronx Zoo in New York announced the first king vulture chick to hatch at the facility in three decades is being ...