The Bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, ravaged Europe for centuries, claiming millions of lives. Believing the ...

Bubonic plague is a potentially fatal infection caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis. Since the bacteria is harmless to fleas, it has the perfect vehicle by which to be carried directly from animals ...

Experts have seen a re-emergence of the rare disease The bubonic plague is something we associate with the Dark Ages, when ...

A pit of human bones, potential evidence of a catastrophic epidemic that struck Constantinople in 541 A.D. Sulfur deposits ...

Chagas disease is responsible for thousands of deaths annually ... but they are actually responsible for one of the deadliest ...

UD insect ecology and conservation student Thor Freeman pursues medical entomology career with the U.S. Air Force ...

Plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The bubonic and septicemic forms — mainly infecting the lymph nodes and ...

Blooms from this abundant plant occur about every 50 years. Here's why it causes a rat flood and, ultimately, famine in certain regions of the world.

Native populations were decimated by disease outbreaks which allowed the new settlers to conquer the indigenous ... Then it ...

As Halloween approaches, black cats are everywhere — in decorations, costumes and spooky tales. But did you know these mysterious felines went from being linked to witches to becoming unlikely heroes ...

“There is a close link between art and disease,” he says of his experimental ... we can see that the Black Death (a deadly 14th century bubonic plague outbreak) inspired a lot of artists ...