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 ...

White men can’t jump, but terrestrial leeches can. This is now a scientific fact; after centuries of anecdotal reports, the parasites have been caught on video leaping from leaves in the Madagascan ...

For the first time, scientists have captured video of leeches leaping from leaves, settling a centuries-long dispute over the bloodsuckers’ ability to jump. The question of whether leeches can jump ...

Leeches are widely recognized for their bloodsucking behavior, but new research reveals a surprising origin story for these creatures. A 430-million-year-old fossil, recently uncovered in Wisconsin, ...