For months, researchers returned to a single cave in southern China to collect an unusual kind of leech. Shibabdella wulingensis is found nowhere else in the world except the groundwater of Shibadong ...

Some were quick to ask if the rather large leech has any taste for human blood. Employees have only noticed the leeches attached to turtles, the refuge said. “I work in this pond, ...

Other French hospitals recorded robust use during the years of peak leech popularity, too: From 1820 to 1850, some used between 5,000 and 60,000 leeches annually, according to work by Roy Sawyer ...

That's one of the reasons why scientists have developed a new leech-inspired blood collection device, which draws blood samples without the need for a big jab. Leeches may be creepy, but many ...

Some were quick to ask if the rather large leech has any taste for human blood. Employees have only noticed the leeches attached to turtles, the refuge said. “I work in this pond, ...

Some were quick to ask if the rather large leech has any taste for human blood. Employees have only noticed the leeches attached to turtles, the refuge said. “I work in this pond, ...

Some were quick to ask if the rather large leech has any taste for human blood. Employees have only noticed the leeches attached to turtles, the refuge said. “I work in this pond, ...

Some were quick to ask if the rather large leech has any taste for human blood. Employees have only noticed the leeches attached to turtles, the refuge said. “I work in this pond, ...

Some were quick to ask if the rather large leech has any taste for human blood. Employees have only noticed the leeches attached to turtles, the refuge said. “I work in this pond, ...