A herd of just over 100 wild horses roams the Corolla area of the northern Outer Banks. They are tended by the nonprofit ...

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) is frequently contacted concerning wild turkey nests that appear to be abandoned, resulting in concern for the welfare of the nest and eggs.

A new study finds that precipitation levels during nesting season are not related to reproductive success for wild turkeys, which runs counter to the conventional wisdom regarding the role that ...

Vocalizations begin when the hen calls to poults in unhatched eggs, and these sounds are believed to help synchronize the hatching of eggs. Through various calls, hens are able to alert poults to the ...

But people killed them indiscriminately year-round -- sometimes for their meat and feathers, but settlers also took turkey eggs from nests and poisoned adult turkeys to keep them from damaging crops.

Mary Jo Casalena, wild turkey biologist for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, said wild turkey hens begin nesting in mid-April of each year as the mating season ramps up.

Wild turkey nesting phenology did not track changes in spring green-up timing, which could result in phenological mismatch between the timing of nesting and the availability of resources critical ...

A once-extinct bird has laid eggs in the wild for the first time in nearly 40 years. After returning to the wild in 2024, the endangered Sihek bird is now laying wild eggs in its new Hawaii home.

It got us wondering, why don’t we eat turkey eggs? In the wild, a turkey hen will build itself a ground nest somewhere sheltered in the forest.

Wild turkey hens begin to nest before most of the new growth begins in the spring. Therefore, at least for initial nests, hens need some residual cover from the previous year to conceal their nest ...

He told me that a turkey nest that housed eggs carried a strong odor, especially when wet, and the last two years had very damp weather during the nesting season.

When scouting the state for wild turkeys to include in data collection, researchers found one nest right next to a rail road track in the middle of a 10-yard stretch of the road’s median, said ...