On Thursday, as families and friends come together around a feast, millions of these households will have a turkey as their centerpiece. In many ways, Thanksgiving has become synonymous with turkeys.

The wild turkey is one of America’s favorite game birds. Saved from precipitous decline in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, the birds now range across the entire Lower 48. While there are five subspecies in ...

It's hard for many Wisconsinites to believe, but in 1975 the Badger State was devoid of wild turkeys. That changed dramatically thanks to a 1976 reintroduction effort by the Department of Natural ...

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 ...

Both DEM and Congress of the Birds are aware of the turkey and say he is a 'healthy animal doing health animal things.' ...

In California, Thanksgiving is not the only time of year when turkeys invade the suburbs. Some Bay Area residents often see the plump fowl roaming neighborhood streets or outside of homes. But why are ...

All Iowans are being recruited to help count the state’s population of wild turkeys. Whether you’re driving, riding a bike, or hiking through the woods, if you spot one of the big, black birds, take ...

Ohio hunters harvested 16,014 wild turkeys during the spring 2025 hunting season, marking an increase from last year’s total, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife ...