Medical bills are often littered with bizarre line items. If you're in Russia, those little charges might include half a dozen slimy, slithering leeches. About 10 million of the blood-sucking ...

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“Every continent on the planet has leeches, with the exception of Antarctica,” Siddall says. “And even then there are marine leeches in Antarctic waters.” Humans have co-existed with leeches for so ...

Editor's Note: The video of leeches used in surgery is a bit bloody — especially after the 2-minute mark. Leeches get a bad rap — but they might not deserve it. Yes, they're creepy crawly ...

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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 ...

For decades, scientists have posed one interesting question about leeches—can they jump? While the idea of jumping leeches might sound like it's only the stuff of nightmares—I still can't forget those ...

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A new video shows what appears to be the first evidence of jumping land-dwelling leeches in Madagascar, Africa. It was taken in 2017 by Mai Fahmy, who posted about the findings on Instagram on ...

The biological history of leeches is difficult to study: Their tissue decomposes almost immediately, and their boneless bodies rarely fossilize. But a geological formation in Wisconsin preserved a ...

Korean medics are using leeches and maggots to treat their patients. March 4, 2008— -- SEOUL — For seven years, Duck-Im Kim and her family tried everything they could to cure a rare skin disease ...

Chad Boyce inched the hunter-green johnboat along the shoreline of a Back Bay creek. A pair of spider-like arms on the vessel’s bow held wires that dipped into the water. He flipped a switch and ...