Much of the turkey's early history is shrouded in uncertainty, historians and etymologists say — which is particularly true of how the bird got... How the turkey trotted its way onto our Thanksgiving ...

Turkey, a country at the intersection of Europe and Asia, combines both ancient civilizations and the modern world in one location. It has been shaped by its historical legacy, geographical location, ...

The centerpiece for most Thanksgiving feasts was not served at the first Thanksgiving. It is not native to Turkey. It is not the African guinea fowl it was confused with. It is not the indigenous bird ...