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According to experts, turkeys are not native to California. The closest example was a species called Meleagris Californica ...

Minnesotans are encouraged to report observations of ring-necked pheasants and wild turkeys in a citizen science effort by ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Ask just about anybody in Harvard Square about the wild turkeys infiltrating their community and they’ll have a story to tell. They’ll likely have a few. Cambridge, the ...

When European settlers first came to New England, wild turkeys were everywhere. The reason that we still eat turkeys every Thanksgiving is to honor the tradition of turkey hunting that served the ...

The snood is a weird, fleshy feature on a wild turkey's head that plays a key role in mating, breeding, and establishing dominance.

Why have wild turkeys moved into neighborhoods? With clusters of trees, sprawling yards, available food and safe shelter, urban and suburban areas provide ideal habitats for wild turkeys.

"Turkeys will adjust their behavior and could become harder to detect and harder to harvest," researcher Nickolas Gulotta said.

European settlers wiped out Michigan's native wild turkey population by 1900. But now the birds are back and thriving in every Michigan county.

Wild turkeys are native to North America. Though the first domesticated turkey is dated to sometime around 800 BC in south-central Mexico, wild turkeys roamed the continent long before that.

People can report any pheasant and turkeys they see in the wild now through Sunday, August 31. Information from the reports will help the DNR monitor pheasant and turkey population trends, evaluate ...

Wild turkeys number between 30,000 and 35,000 in Massachusetts, brought back from extinction locally when birds captured in New York state in the early 1970s were released in the Berkshires.