It's almost turkey day! This Thursday, you'll likely enjoy a cooked turkey alongside some other iconic Thanksgiving dishes, but what do you know about the bird itself? Skip the political talk at the ...

It’s common for many people to forget about turkeys for most of the year until Thanksgiving comes around, but the fact is that wild and domesticated turkeys are among the most interesting birds on the ...

Today, while you're lying on the couch in a tryptophan-induced stupor — though that's a lie! you just ate too much — we bring you a few fun facts about the holiday bird, courtesy University of ...

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Some 271 million turkeys will be raised in the United States this year, according to the National Turkey Federation, and a good number of them will be consumed on Thanksgiving, after which many ...

Even in the best of times, it can be a tenuous — even perilous — moment when the conversation turns to politics at the Thanksgiving dinner table. But these are especially polarizing times. Indeed, a ...

The claim that eating turkey can make people particularly sleepy has long been shared around Thanksgiving (and sometimes Christmas) dinner tables. Fans of the sitcom "Seinfeld" may recall one episode ...

Turkey has a long tradition of censorship that culminated this week in a ban on Twitter that has infuriated the international community. Below we have compiled some of the most egregious examples of ...

President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday ramped up their threats to sanction Turkey, responding to growing criticism over the fallout from the country’s military ...