A broad survey conducted across southern Asia reinforces the idea that the mammal biodiversity of an area can be determined by looking at the DNA found in leeches' blood meals. The new study also ...

Good news: A new species was discovered on the Atlantic Coast. Bad news: It’s a bloodsucking leech that feeds on humans with three jaws and as many as 59 teeth. In a recently published journal, ...

A leech who pulled a three-inch leech from the throat of a toddler say they believe it had been living inside and feeding off her for months. The three-year-old had been suffering a nosebleeds and a ...

Scientists have identified mammals present at sites in Asia by examining the DNA in the blood sucked by leeches. They found that the nearly 750 Haemadipsa (blood-sucking) leeches stored the DNA of a ...

There’s one more species to add to the list of parasites that feed on human blood. Macrobdella mimicus has three muscular jaws, each of which are lined with 56 to 59 teeth, research zoologist Anna ...

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A backpacker from Scotland recently found that the cause of her frequent nosebleeds was a 3-inch-long (7.5 centimeters) leech living inside her nose. Twenty-four-year-old Daniela Liverani, of ...

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