Since the dawn of civilization, leeches have been firmly attached to medicine. Therapeutic bloodsuckers are seen in murals decorating the tombs of 18 th dynasty Egyptian pharaohs. They got their ...

A 38-year-old man’s chronic nosebleeds had an especially bloodcurdling cause. In a recent case report, doctors in China describe how the man had gotten a leech stuck up his nostril. Doctors at the ...

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 ...