Discover why the eastern wild turkey, found in at least 38 states, stands out as a symbol of Thanksgiving and American ...

Americans have always loved wild turkeys, perhaps too much. By 1900, we had nearly driven this close relative to the chicken to extinction as a result of unregulated hunting and habitat destruction.

One of our native wildlife species historically played an important role on Thanksgiving Day. North America's native wild ...

You can find them in the woods and meadows, along riverbanks and sometimes trotting down a city street. Wild turkeys are prevalent across North America, and even in Hawaii. The continent has one wild ...

My inaugural turkey-hunting foray began promisingly on October 27 with a tailgate brunch in the Windsor park and ride off Interstate 91. Hartland hunter Brett Ladeau had cooked a spread of wild turkey ...

Wild turkeys were abundant across the U.S. until the mid-1800s, when the clearing of forestland and unregulated hunting led ...

Wild turkeys are abundant in Florida, but hunting one for Thanksgiving means planning months ahead. What to know.

April 19 (UPI) --Birdsong is a welcome sign of spring, but robins and cardinals aren't the only birds showing off for breeding season. In many parts of North America, you're likely to encounter male ...

Luther College senior biology major Avery Wrage swabs the inside of a turkey egg to collect samples for DNA analysis at Sampson Hoffland Laboratory at the college in Decorah on Thursday. The college ...

Turkey tourism is booming in Florida. Who knew the state’s native wild turkey was such a draw, right up there with its ...

The Department of Natural Resources is planning to update the Wisconsin wild turkey management plan. The current document, titled "Ecology of Wild Turkeys in Wisconsin, A Plan for their Management," ...