Asher Watkins, a 52-year-old Texas millionaire renowned for his success in luxury ranch real estate, was fatally gored by a ...

THE “Black Death” buffalo that gored a big game hunter to death has been shot dead. Millionaire ranch trader Asher Watkins, ...

The Black Death arrived on the shores of England in May 1348 and, in less than two years, spread throughout the country, ...

Archaeologists excavating a famous tourist location have uncovered 20 skeletons belonging to people they believe perished ...

The Black Death’s gruesome, powerful hold on the human psyche is readily understandable. But why is it that so many people yearn for a return to the cold, miserable conditions that spawned the ...

Yet when an editor at the Free Press called in the summer of 1997, asking whether I would consider doing a book on the Black Death, which swept through Europe in the 14th century, I had my doubts.

The Black Death, dying out in the 17th century, lost the fight. The last great epidemic was in 1670 - after that smallpox took over as the number one infectious disease killer.