Black Death now blamed on giant gerbils from Asia, not rats

Rats, long believed to be the scourge that brought the Black Death to 14th-century Europe, may not be the disease-bearing scoundrels we thought they were. Scientists have shifted blame for the medieval pandemic responsible for millions of deaths to a new furry menace: giant gerbils from Asia. “Climate-driven outbreaks of Yersinia petis in Asian rodent […]