Leeches have a reputation built almost entirely on blood, but the reality of how they feed is far stranger and more varied ...

From fishing bait to the operating room, these bloodsuckers are important and if one attaches itself to you, columnist has ...

Leeches seem to materialize out of nowhere, latching on before you ever notice them lurking. The biological toolkit they use ...

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 ...

It may be doubted if there are any other animals which have played such an important part in the history of the world as ...

The first time I was bitten by a leech, I was swimming in a West Virginia river. I remember the scene perfectly: I crawled out to dry off and tried to wipe the mud off my knees, but the leech wouldn’t ...