Pull upward with steady, even pressure. Don’t twist or jerk the tick; this can cause the mouth-parts to break off and remain ...

This is a fairly new one when it comes to tick-borne illnesses. Alpha-gal syndrome is a rare but potentially life-threatening ...

Katie Martin is a biologist with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources who specializes in deer, bears, and turkeys, ...

With sharp teeth and claws, the 4-foot-long tegu is native to South America and is known to eat the eggs of several species.

May is one of my favorite months of the year. Trees are flowering and the catkins are on the poplars. Birds are singing and ...

Statewide, more than 8 million egg-laying chickens, turkeys and ducks have been destroyed in Indiana so far this year due to ...

wild turkeys have translucent inner eyelids. Sometimes referred to as a “third eyelid”, the scientific term for this clear inner lid is a “nictating membrane.” All bird species have nictating ...

Along with a keen sense of hearing, a turkeys' eyeballs are what really give them an edge over hunters and other natural predators.

Hayes Lake State Park offers exactly that kind of peaceful experience, even on a holiday weekend. This hidden gem in Minnesota’s northwest corner remains uncrowded and serene. The man-made lake sits ...

Habitat loss and unregulated, commercial market hunting drove down the number of wild turkeys to only about 30,000 nationwide, according to estimates. In 2019, the last year for which data is ...

Conservationists, state officials and, primarily, hunting groups, saved wild turkeys by capturing some of the few surviving birds out of the Ozarks and reintroducing them in places like Minnesota.