The birds are not territorial ... “Tom turkeys will only tolerate other toms — or jakes, which are young male turkeys — in their flock if they are genetically related,” said Pinney.

It's that time of the year as Thanksgiving approaches and everyone is looking forward what is usually the best meal of the ...

U.S. farms produce more than 200 million of the fowl a year, many of them to be carved up for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

As Thanksgiving dinner winds down, and after we have all given thanks for an abundant meal, let’s learn a little about the ...

In another nine cases, there wasn’t enough left of the bird to tell what killed it. If a young turkey, called a poult, hatches, its chances of living 28 days were only about 50%. Of the hens ...

The two-legged, brown-feathered creatures with long necks and bright red wattles forage for food along the trails and raise their young ... turkeys in Maine. And they know it, said Andrew Kapinos, a ...