Septicemic plague is one of the three main forms of plague, the other two being bubonic plague and pneumonic plague. It is caused by Yersinia pestis, a bacterium commonly spread by bites from infected ...

TORNADOES, volcanic winters and 70-foot tsunamis aren’t the first words that come to mind when you think: Britain. But our ...

What is a sirocco and what does it have to do with the plague? A sirocco is a hot wind that blows from the Sahara Desert in North Africa across the Mediterranean Sea to southern Europe. It can last ...