WASHINGTON — Scientists with the Smithsonian have discovered a new blood-sucker in the D.C. area -- a previously unknown species of leech that has three jaws with up to 59 teeth. The scientists with ...

The oldest leech ever discovered has turned out to be a shape shifter of expectations, preserving a body plan that looks nothing like the streamlined bloodsuckers that haunt horror movies and hospital ...

A viral video of a leech slithering across a hospital floor and leaving behind a trail of blood in its path has stunned the internet. The video was posted to TikTok on October 21 by Kaci Jane Hansen ( ...

Pity the poor leech. For more than a century, it has been a poster child for the once-decrepit state of medicine. Nothing illustrates the relative backwardness of pre-20 th century health care than ...

Andrew Plucinski’s leeches are picky about skin. When offered the chance to bite a person who bathes in smelly soap, they recoil, even when they’re hungry. Leeches prefer their humans unseasoned. In ...

Pharaohs, French aristocrats and wounded Revolutionary War soldiers alike have used leeches to treat all kinds of ailments. Through the centuries, the ignoble leech has been used in attempts to cure ...

Learn about a 480-million-year-old leech fossil that revealed that ancient leeches didn’t have the biological components necessary to suck blood. It’s the beginning of the spooky season, which means ...

Grammy-award nominee Machine Gun Kelly (MGK) posted a video of leeches sitting on his tattooed stomach in a ritual with many purported health benefits for the skin and circulatory system. Leech ...