Looking at ancient deposits of pollen as markers of agricultural activity, researchers found that the Black Death caused a patchwork of destruction in Europe. By Carl Zimmer In the mid-1300s ...

The Black Death, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, wiped out 30 to 50 percent of Europe's population between 1347 and 1351. But, this is just the most infamous of the little microbe's ...

THE BLACK Death killed around 60% of Europe's population in the 14th century and scientists now think they know where it started. Researchers have pinpointed the earliest evidence of the deadly ...

But until this recent outbreak the plague – later known as the Black Death – was something children learned about in history lessons. The medieval epidemic swept through Asia and on to Europe ...

An Egyptian mummy reveals that the bubonic plague circulated in North Africa thousands of years before the Black Death terrorized Europe. Researchers analyzed an Egyptian mummy from a museum in ...

The doctor will see you now. The Black Death, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, wiped out 30 to 50 percent of Europe's population between 1347 and 1351. But, this is just the most infamous of ...