The medicinal leech is in danger of extinction in the UK because of water pollution, environmentalists say. The creatures – once widespread across the country – are in as few as 25 ponds in Kent, ...

A common worry among visitors to lakes, ponds and rivers emerges every summer - are there leeches lurking below the surface? In 2024, radio station Kiss 91.5 FM posted an article on its website ...

Medicinal leech numbers have declined dramatically due to habitat loss and historic medical use A rare breed of blood-sucking leech is being bred at London Zoo in a bid to save the UK’s largest native ...

It's active leech season, y'all. The slimy creatures are often seen the most during the dry summer months when waterbody size is reduced, which has been a trending thing in Texas due to the extreme ...

DEAR JOAN: A neighbor found a leech in her pond while cleaning off the algae. She only has one small koi left — thanks, raccoons. I’ve never personally seen a leech in real life before, but it ...

Miranda Kerr had a leech facial - and took the creatures home afterwards. The 38-year-old model was persuaded to have the blood-sucking worms put onto her face to help with lymphatic drainage but didn ...

Dr. John Jellies—also known as "The Leech Guy"—was one of two researchers honored this fall with a Distinguished Faculty Scholar award, the highest annual honor WMU bestows on faculty members. Read ...

When most of us think about leeches, we picture slimy creatures lurking in murky water, or the vampire-like creatures in horror films. Yet, these little blood-sucking organisms are quietly staging a ...

A rare breed of blood-sucking leech is being bred at London Zoo in a bid to save the UK’s largest native leech species from extinction. The medicinal leech was once widespread in Britain, but its ...