The leeches in both videos belong to a species called Chtonobdella fallax. The serendipitous nature of Fahmy’s encounters ...

It's a great time of year to meet with the giant Amazonian leech. Its kind is just emerging from the bottom muck, where they dug themselves in to wait out the three-month dry season. They'll be ...

WINNIPEG – The province of Manitoba is banning the harvest and use of live baitfish and leeches for angling beginning ... of aquatic invasive species and fish diseases.” The ban does not ...

But leeches aren’t just useful at crime scenes. These creatures’ sanguineous appetites have also come in handy for scientists, who are hoping to use them to solve another mystery: the diversity of ...

The National Fish Habitat Partnership has designated Leech Lake watershed as one of the nationally recognized 10 “Waters to Watch,” for 2013, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural ...