Millions of wild turkeys once roamed North America, from Maine to Florida and as far west as Colorado, thriving in varied habitats, including pine-oak forests, cypress swamps and grasslands.

December was the ghastliest month for turkeys at the old family farm. They spent the rest of the year strutting, clucking and ...

Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) were first domesticated by the Mayan peoples of what is now Mexico around 800 B.C. and is one of only two birds native to North America that has been regularly ...

Wild turkeys are omnivores and forage for a variety of foods, such as insects, seeds, nuts, frogs and snakes. Some of the larger birds in North America, males, or "toms," can weigh 18 to 30 pounds ...

Families and friends gather around the dinner table every year, but have you ever thought about where Thanksgiving food ...

The largest game bird in North America, the wild turkey is coveted by hunters, marveled at by nature lovers and at times begrudged by city dwellers. The turkey is also our nation’s Thanksgiving ...

and reached eastern North America at about 200 B.C." the post reads. Some Thanksgiving foods have a more recent history than turkey. Cranberry sauce, for example, is a relatively recent addition ...

There were at least 20 wild turkeys in Gov. Tim Walz’s front yard the other day. I saw them as I passed by on my bicycle. I split my time between Minnesota and Ohio. With my caseload going down ...

Rebels supported by Turkish air power fired on a Kurdish-controlled city in northern Syria, pitting proxies of the U.S. and ...