Did you ever wonder why Pennsylvania’s state bird can sometimes be overly friendly or slightly aggressive to humans? The Pennsylvania Game Commission is looking for the public’s help to see why ruffed ...

Do you hear the call? It might be Ohio's wild turkey population, and you can help keep track of how many birds there are. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources asks Ohioans to report any wild ...

Have you been harassed by Pennsylvania’s state bird? The game commission wants to know. No, seriously. In the spring and fall, some ruffed grouses exhibit what wildlife experts refer to as “tame” ...

We take a look at two animals and an insect for clues to how life in the wild makes it through a long, cold winter in Northern Michigan. Hibernation? Forgettaboudit. Surviving the bitter cold of ...

Question: I was walking in the woods recently, and I was startled by a bird taking off next to me. Was this a grouse or even a pheasant? Answer: If it was in the woods of central and northern ...

The ruffed grouse is a bird of many personalities. Sometimes they can seem tame. Sometimes they can be aggressive. And there are old tales that maybe that’s all because they get drunk on berries. It’s ...

Bob Marshall/The Times-PicayuneFinding ruffed grouse in northern Wisconsin typically means a rugged, hazardous tramp through thick wooded cover. The birds prefer the wild, young growth in forest ...

An annual survey detected less drumming by ruffed grouse in Wisconsin this spring, the latest indication the species has entered a lower stage of its population cycle, according to Department of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. *Attached: Unusual animals spotted in Ohio ...

Minnesota grouse hunters harvested just 358,000 birds last fall during the peak year of the species' 10-year population cycle. That number is much closer to past harvests at the low end of the cycle ...