The Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is a species of turkey found in the Yucatán Peninsula, including parts of Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. Ocellated Turkeys are considerably smaller than any of ...

Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) in Belize. Photo by Rhett Butler. In recognition of the American holiday of Thanksgiving, this is the ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata), a species of wild ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Whenever I mention turkeys on Tet Zoo, it’s ...

The domesticated turkey is a large poultry bird raised for food. The modern domesticated turkey descends from the wild turkey (meleagris gallopavo), one of the two species of turkey (genus meleagris); ...

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1. There are two species of turkeys in North America: the wild turkey, Meleagris gallopovo, which lives throughout the United States and in parts of Mexico, and the ocellated turkey, M. ocellata, a ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A new University of Florida study shows the turkey, one of the most widely consumed birds worldwide, was domesticated more than 1,000 years earlier than previously believed.

When November rolls around, thoughts turn to Thanksgiving, being thankful and inevitably, turkeys. Whether turkeys think about our holiday has yet to be proven, and except for the annually pardoned ...

The bones of Mexican turkeys discovered at a Maya archaeological site in Guatemala may push back the domestication of this gobbler by 1,000 years, researchers say. The find is also the oldest evidence ...

The bones of Mexican turkeys discovered at a Mayan archaeological site in Guatemala may push back the domestication of this gobbler by 1,000 years, researchers say. "I did not expect to find Meleagris ...

(LiveScience) The bones of Mexican turkeys discovered at a Mayan archaeological site in Guatemala may push back the domestication of this gobbler by 1,000 years, researchers say. "I did not expect to ...