As we tidy away the Dracula capes and glow-in-the-dark plastic fangs for another winter, one notorious blood sucker has had a particularly good year. For the first time the medicinal leech Hirudo ...

They describe their observations of at least one species of leech jumping in a new paper published Thursday in the journal ...

The leeches aren't too discriminating ... Mark says a sting from this species could be lethal. But don't stop, otherwise your foot may be swarmed by fire ants. Their bite, Mark says, feels ...

Leeches are a group of segmented worms primarily found in freshwater habitats, although a few species live in the oceans and on land. Despite their reputation, many don’t feed on blood, instead eating ...

lucky for us crew, these leeches don’t drink human blood The leeches hunting the toadlets are a species called the horse leech. Whilst very little is known about this species, we do know that ...

Screenshots from the first conclusive videographic evidence that at least one leech species (Chtonobdella sp. from Madagascar) can jump, showing the leech coiling back before taking off.