a bacterium found in rodents and their fleas. In the Middle Ages, the plague caused tens of millions of deaths across Europe in a series of outbreaks known as the Black Death. While the bacterial ...

Human body lice may be just as responsible for spreading the plague as rats and fleas, a new study suggests. The findings challenge widespread views of how the Black Death wreaked havoc in the ...

The bite of rat-borne fleas infected with the bubonic plague has been blamed for disease transmission during the medieval pandemic Rats were not to blame for the spread of plague during the Black ...

Whistler in the Dark's production of Naomi Wallace's "One Flea Spare" brings to light the human frailties tested during the time of the Black Death ... for survival against each other as well as the ...

In England, the plague took on the name Black Death, because of the characteristic spots that started under the skin as a deep red and turned black. As fleas reappeared each spring, so did the ...

Besides pet fur, they can make their homes in warm, cozy spots, such as the following: Fleas historically played a role in spreading the bubonic plague — the Black Death that killed more than 25 ...

Uh, Bubonic Plague is uh, carried by uh, fleas uh, on the backs of rodents. Uh, in the Middle Ages, probably black rats were most common and…. Ben: But the fleas were the actual culprits.

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

Sounds like one for the history books, right? Well, believe it or not, the plague is still around. Blame fleas and the rats, mice, chipmunks, and squirrels they infect. Bubonic plague is caused by ...

Sibert and Red Cloud, black-footed ferret siblings at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, are ...

Trade helped to spread the plague. Travellers on the Silk Route took the infection with them. Often ships would carry the black rats, taking them (and their fleas) to new cities and countries.