Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ukrainian scientists have discovered a new species of Antarctic leeches, whose ancestors migrated to the Arctic millions of years ...

BALTIMORE — What has three jaws, 56 to 59 teeth in each, no thumbs and was first discovered in Charles County, Md.? No, this is not a story about Chessie, the monster who definitely lives at the ...

A recent genetic analysis of the medicinal leech has revealed that one species should be classified as three, and suggests that many leeches sold commercially have been misidentified -- oversights ...

A new study presents video evidence that at least one species of terrestrial leech can jump, behavior that scientists have debated for more than a century. A new study presents video evidence that at ...

For the first time in 40 years, scientists have discovered a new species of medicinal leech in North America in a Maryland swamp. A team of researchers made the discovery in 2015 and published their ...

Freshwater wetlands from Georgia to New York are home to a previously unrecognized species of medicinal leech, according to scientists at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of National History. The new ...

The medium-sized leech can move in an S-shape to swim and crawl like an inchworm on dry land, researchers said. Photo by 杨 震 via Unsplash For months, researchers returned to a single cave in southern ...

Bloodsucking leeches are offering the best hope of finding one of the world's rarest animals. The saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) was first described from skulls found in a Vietnamese forest reserve, ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

This video taken in Madagascar in 2017 shows a Chtonobdella leech taking a small jump followed by a big leap to the ground. A new study presents video evidence that at least one species of terrestrial ...