The potentially lethal lymphoproliferative virus (LPDV) is becoming more prevalent among wild turkeys in the Northeast. With wild turkey populations growing, the risk of disease transmission between them, their domesticated ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 15, 2022
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Thanksgiving may be right around the corner, but Maine's wild turkeys have more to worry about than ending up on the kitchen table. Winter is coming, and with it, extremely cold temperatures and fewer resources for turkeys ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 23, 2022
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Wildlife agencies in the U.S. are finding elevated levels of a class of toxic chemicals in game animals such as deer—and that's prompting health advisories in some places where hunting and fishing are ways of life and key ...
Environment
Oct 5, 2022
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Longstanding protections for wild birds would be restored under a proposal unveiled Thursday to bring back prosecutions of avian deaths by industry that were ended under former President Donald Trump.
Ecology
May 6, 2021
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An international team of researchers from the University of Oxford, the University of Birmingham and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have found that the way in which people use the internet is closely tied to patterns ...
Ecology
Mar 5, 2019
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Health impacts of neonicotinoids may go well beyond bees, according to a new University of Guelph study.
Ecology
Jun 20, 2018
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To meet increasing consumer demand for heritage-breed turkeys to be the centerpiece of holiday and other meals, researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences are studying methods producers can use to raise ...
Other
Jan 29, 2018
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For the first time, research has uncovered the origins of the earliest domestic turkeys in ancient Mexico. The study also suggests turkeys weren't only prized for their meat—with demand for the birds soaring with the Mayans ...
Archaeology
Jan 17, 2018
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As American families sit down for the traditional turkey dinner this Thanksgiving, some will be giving thanks for a wild bird that is truly free range. Meleagris gallopavo, the wild turkey, has steadily gained in popularity ...
Ecology
Nov 27, 2017
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Not everyone is celebrating the return of the wild turkeys.
Ecology
Oct 13, 2017
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