There are many who think about the crisp, spring air that surrounds the beginning of a good turkey hunting season. But perhaps, for a much larger population of people, when one thinks of a turkey, ...

The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is a game bird native to North America. It belongs to the order Galliformes, which also includes other ground-feeding birds like chickens, peacocks, pheasants, ...

While sitting down to enjoy turkey during the Thanksgiving holiday, remember that although wild and domestic turkeys are genetically the same species, that’s about where the similarity ends. The ...

With Thanksgiving approaching, Amazon John and Meerkat Mills of Silly Safaris brought a domestic turkey named Jenny to highlight the importance of animal education and appreciation. Unlike turkeys ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American "For the Truth the Turkey is in Comparison a ...