The source of the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine has finally been identified. Researchers from North Carolina State […] The post The Source Of The Deadly Irish Potato Famine Has Ties To ...

Learn about a recent study that asserts the Andes Mountains in South America as the birthplace of a pathogen that has caused ...

A 95-year-old lady recalls her troubled youth while baking bread: we discover secrets of her life about surviving the Europe's largest famine, Holodomor.

Many things added up to create the famine that swept through the Holy Roman Empire. The 1600s were naturally lean years, as the environment dropped 2 degrees. But things got much, much worse.

Between 1845-52 Ireland suffered a period of starvation, disease and emigration that became known as the Great Famine. The potato crop, upon which a third of Ireland's population was dependent for ...

Mount Asamayama’s volcanic eruption in the early 12th century may have contributed to extreme weather that triggered severe famine in Europe, a new study suggests. A Swiss research team came to ...

A Jewish group in Ukraine is objecting to a criminal case brought over the “Great Famine” committed in the 1930s. KIEV, Ukraine (JTA) — A Jewish group in Ukraine is objecting to a criminal ...

it’s about Europe whole and free. It’s about the developing world, too. Because of Russia’s Black Sea blockade, African nations face famine. In Somalia, as many as 250,000 people confront imminent ...