In 1844, the last recorded observation of native wild turkeys came from extreme southwestern New York State. For over a century, the wild turkey continued to be absent from the New York landscape.

While bird flu can spread quickly among wild birds and poultry, state officials claim the risk to humans remains low.

New York’s Finger Lakes National Forest is home to the first acres managed under the National Wild Turkey Federation’s ...

Most afternoons, drivers zipping over the Bloomington Ferry Bridge have company. Wild turkeys dot the roadside, lolling casually at the road edge as rush-hour traffic cruises by. Bill Penning, ...

New York policeman, Jed, brings home the last turkey in the shop for Christmas to his wife. Unfortunately it isn't dead, and that's where the fun begins. The turkey comes round just in time to fight ...

“The wild turkey you see standing in the road and backyards ... brought back from extinction locally when birds captured in New York state in the early 1970s were released in the Berkshires.