Turkeys | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/turkeys/RSS feed for TurkeysenWed, 28 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000Ben Franklin Wasn’t Serious When He Implied the Wild Turkey Would Be a ‘Respectable’ National Symbol … but He Wasn’t Wrong, Eitherhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ben-franklin-wasnt-serious-when-implied-wild-turkey-respectable-national-symbol-wasnt-wrong-180989642/The birds strutted around North America for hundreds of thousands of years before hunters decimated their population. Credit its recovery to resourcefulness, a stubborn disposition and a little helpWed, 28 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ben-franklin-wasnt-serious-when-implied-wild-turkey-respectable-national-symbol-wasnt-wrong-180989642/