The once-reviled leech, recently lauded for its potential in preventing repeat heart attacks, could also have a role to play in the treatment of pain and inflammation. In the October Annals of the ...

Andrew Plucinski’s leeches are picky about skin. When offered the chance to bite a person who bathes in smelly soap they recoil, even when they’re hungry. Leeches prefer their humans unseasoned. In ...

An armed burglar in Australia has pleaded guilty to breaking into the home of an elderly woman in 2001 after being caught using evidence from a leech. The bloodsucking creature was found beside a safe ...