Leeches, despite the yuck factor, have captured the hearts of two University of California, Berkeley, scientists who are part of a team that this week is publishing the leech's complete genome ...

WALKER, Minn. — Minnesota's third-largest lake has a namesake only an angler could love: the leech. Earthworm's ugly aquatic cousin. Those slimy, crawly creatures straight out of a horror film. But ...

Leeches have evolved a strategy for hunting worms that is the ultimate death spiral.

The bloodsucking worms might conjure an era of vampiric pseudoscience, but their powerful jaws are inspiring new applications. By Zoey Poll The average patient today, confronted with the prospect of ...

White men can’t jump, but terrestrial leeches can. This is now a scientific fact; after centuries of anecdotal reports, the parasites have been caught on video leaping from leaves in the Madagascan ...

This leech has a scary appetite. But it might be essential to its ecosystem. The largest terrestrial leech in the South, Haemopis septagon, has terrifying eating habits. Yet, its presence in pristine ...

A recent Jen Koski column about a family experience with leeches reminded me of a similar incident years ago exploring swamps in northern Minnesota. After leaving our canoe to cool off in the muddy ...

A 437-million-year-old fossil from a deposit in Wisconsin could be the oldest species of leech ever found. By Jack Tamisiea If you look around Waukesha County in Wisconsin today, it can be difficult ...

The bite of a worm with several hundred teeth leaves a distinctive mark, as Victorian leech collectors knew well. Wading bare-legged through Britain’s bogs they enticed leeches to sell to doctors for ...

Leeches, despite the yuck factor, have captured the hearts of two University of California, Berkeley, scientists who are part of a team that this week is publishing the leech's complete genome ...