TURKEYS

Pavo salvaje (Meleagris gallopavo): ave terrestre de zonas altas nativa de Norteamérica. Reino: | AnimaliaFilo: | ChordataClase: | AvesOrden: | GalliformesFamilia: | PhasianidaeSubfamilia: | MeleagridinaeGénero: | MeleagrisEspecie: | Meleagris gallopavo Existen cinco subespecies de pavo salvaje norteamericano: Eastern, Osceola, Rio Grande, Merriam’s y Gould’s. Tamaño ...

As you gather around the table this week in celebration of Thanksgiving, impress your dinner mates with these tidbits about the holiday's top bird!

Actor Jeff Palmer on recreating Joe Hutto's turkey experiment for the film "My Life as a Turkey." Watch audio slideshow.

In this scene from My Life as a Turkey, Joe Hutto joins his turkey chicks on a grasshopper hunt in the Florida Flatwoods.

In this scene from My Life as a Turkey, wild turkey chicks, emerging from the shell, are introduced to an unusual mother: writer and naturalist Joe Hutto.

In this video, tensions rise as the male turkeys begin to practice displaying.

Updated June 29, 2017 Saluting the bald eagle seems like a no-brainer on the Fourth of July — after all, the bird has served as the centerpiece of the country's Great Seal since adopted by Congress in 1782. However, the bird's rise to prominence was ...