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At Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown, an unlikely friendship has quietly taken flight, writes Sophia Schmidt for WHYY. Hunter, a female red-tailed hawk, and Stan, a female turkey vulture, have shared an ...

Vultures are often vilified simply because of how they look. They are seen as unclean and unnecessary creatures, which has led to mass poisoning in the past. However, most vultures help clean up the ...

‘His life is in danger,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility ...

Astoria, first spotted in Queens last spring, is now a resident of Lower Manhattan, where three devoted women watch over her. Astoria, first spotted in Queens last spring, is now a resident of Lower ...

Zoo staff say the female hawk and female turkey vulture share food, preen each other and have even attempted to raise eggs. Stan, a 20-year-old female turkey vulture (front), and Hunter, a 22-year-old ...