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

Scientists have discovered new evidence that the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine may have originated thousands ...

Then came the Great Famine of 1845, a tragedy etched in Irish history. A disease called potato blight wiped out potato crops across the country. With their primary food source destroyed, over a ...

Also referred to as "The Great Hunger", the Famine, which was caused by a potato blight, lasted between 1845 and 1849, decimating Ireland's population and resulting in emigration on an ...

Groundbreaking new research identifies the Andes as the origin of the Irish potato famine pathogen, reshaping efforts to ...

Padraig Kirwan and LeAnne Howe on the generosity of the Choctaw and Cherokee Nations Blighted Nation tells the story of the Great Irish Famine from the arrival of the blight to the long ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have pinpointed the Andes Mountains as the birthplace of the infamous Irish ...

However, the famine worsened when the potato harvest ... Some people emigrated to Great Britain and Australia, but most emigrated to America. Image caption, Many Irish people emigrated and started ...

North Carolina State University researchers firmly point the finger at the South American Andes Mountains as the place where ...

Potato blight that sparked Great Famine appeared in US two years before Plymouth Irish community proposes sign commemorating Irish immigrants on the waterfront Minister and Chair of the National ...