A new and revolutionary, yet simple and cheap, method for tracking mammals in the rainforests of Southeast Asia has been developed. Biologists collect leeches from tropical jungles, which have been ...

When Thomas Gilbert found the Annamite striped rabbit, he wasn’t traipsing through the jungles of Vietnam where the exceedingly rare creature lives. He wasn’t inspecting a trap, or peering through ...

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"Instead, by sequencing the host DNA that remains inside of terrestrial jungle leeches for months after feeding, we can out-perform all other methods of biodiversity monitoring in terms of accuracy, ...

A broad survey conducted across southern Asia reinforces the idea that the mammal biodiversity of an area can be determined by looking at the DNA found in leeches' blood meals. The new study also ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (UPI) --You know who this leech reminds me of? Best-selling author Amy Tan. The naming of a new leech species after the author of the best-selling 1989 novel "The Joy Luck Club" may ...

14:12, Wed, Jun 11, 2025 Updated: 14:12, Wed, Jun 11, 2025 A British travel agent has revealed his holiday horror of a leech attaching itself to his eyeball. during a trip to Indonesia. Tony Exall, 58 ...

Copenhagen Zoo and University of Copenhagen have in collaboration developed a new and revolutionary, yet simple and cheap, method for tracking mammals in the rainforests of Southeast Asia. They ...