questions about Salem and the Mid-Valley. The question: Why have wild turkeys moved into Salem neighborhoods? We have some answers. But first, a little history. The background: Residents tell ...

But turkeys have to eat, too, and paying attention to what wild turkeys eat can pay off. Understanding what wild turkeys eat—and why they eat certain foods at certain times of the year—is valuable ...

You have probably been irked by turkeys. Specifically, the wild ones that stroll around Cape Cod like they own the place. You'll be happily driving along a back road, only to be stopped short by a ...

Wild turkeys are a common sight along the sides of roads in the central and eastern United States. People often associate these large game birds with Thanksgiving, the pilgrims, and their ...

While the Department of Environmental Conservation doesn't have a specific estimate for their numbers, Chip Hamilton, a DEC field biologist, said wild turkeys on Long Island are "stable to ...

I am pretty sure that very few people have seen wild turkeys up close and personal. A number of years ago, I hosted a weekly television show on CLTV, the sister station of WGN. I was getting ready ...

Wild turkeys have incredible eyesight. Their ability to sense a predator, like a hunter leaning back against a tree, is uncanny. Turkey vision can seem even supernatural at times. But really, it’s ...

Some 46 million turkeys are carved up and eaten each Thanksgiving, the USDA estimates. In recent years, the wild turkey population explosion in Massachusetts has sparked numerous complaints about ...

It made me morose to realize that it was just a cruel trick played by Mother Nature that made the wild turkeys of Cantigny disappear. Oh well, I guess I will just have to find another mystery to ...

Wild turkeys in Michigan have every right to strut. Their native populations wiped out in Michigan by European settlers by 1900, decades of restoration efforts starting in the 1950s have restored ...

A week later, I’m still wondering why two wild turkeys were wandering around on campus over spring break. Yes, wild turkeys. And I don’t mean the kind of Wild Turkey that makes you drunk, but the kind ...

His team has outfitted wild turkeys with small backpacks to track their movements. Separately, the researchers record and analyze 100,000 hours annually of turkey sounds, from gobbling to yelps ...