Conventional wisdom has it that the Black Death was spread throughout Europe by nasty, evil dirty, disease-carrying rats. Well, prepare to have your mind blown (and find a new pet): according to a new ...

This is a gerbil column. Let’s face it: All of us at one point in our lives are reduced to writing about gerbils. It’s a rite of passage. If you think you know all there is to know about gerbils, you ...

Gerbils not rats are being blamed for the Black Death plague that killed millions of people across Europe. Scientists believe that repeated outbreaks of the Black Death may in fact be traced to the ...

Show me a gerbil, any gerbil, and I will show you a homicidal rodent with an unquenchable thirst for blood, human or otherwise. I learned this valuable life lesson early on when Julie the Gerbil, the ...

For centuries, rats have taken the blame for bringing the Black Death to Europe, where it killed 200 million people in the 14th century. No longer: A new study says it was your cute pet gerbil's ...

BEDFORD (AP) — The American Gerbil Society's annual pageant brought dozens of rodents scurrying to New England this weekend for a chance to win "top gerbil." The Bedford competition called for agility ...

Study into the bubonic plague that killed millions could rewrite the history books after climate changes were linked with plagues spreading Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by ...