Male and female wild turkeys have distinct looks largely related to their differing roles in courtship, mating, nesting and rearing the young. The larger male, which shares none of the ...

The American wild turkey is a textbook example of cooperative courtship, where subordinate male turkeys help dominant males attract a mate, even though they themselves do not get a chance to breed ...

According to a new study, male wild turkeys use wingmen to find a mate, and in the end, only one gets lucky. (Via Science World Report) ...

A male wild turkey uses his snood, the blue fleshy piece protruding down over its beak, as well as its wattles, the three red features hanging off its neck, to attract females during mating season.

Snood size also plays a role in male-on-male competition. Wild turkeys have a wildly competitive social system, with combat and other dominance displays laying the groundwork for pecking order.

3) Average life expectancy of a Pennsylvania male wild turkey is three years, according to the commission's four-year gobbler study from 2006-09). Most hunters think it's five or six years.

This bird was later identified as a jake, a year old male turkey, and every turkey hunter knows how dumb they can be. This one couldn’t even figure out how to get out of the building after it ...

But that big male wild turkey fanned out its tail, puffed up its chest and wings, and marched toward me. At 20 feet, it charged in a full sprint. It squared off and pecked at me four times.

I want you to know that wild turkey was some of the best meat I have ever eaten. It had more flavor in one bite than that fat one had in its whole body. I think we should all raise our own ...

What makes a female turkey swoon? The secret isn’t better genes, but better use of them, according to a new study. In most cases, the more masculine a male’s physical traits, the more ...

As wild turkeys grow in number, so do risky encounters with humans An aggressive turkey in D.C. has already sent one person to urgent care, though its presence is a sign of conservation success ...

In the wild turkey mating game, males often pair up to attract females, even though one member of the pair never gets to breed. What's in it for the non-breeding male? A new UC Berkeley study ...