Nick Saban proposes a solution to college football's problems Houston Museum of Natural Science's Foucault pendulum has stopped after decades of swinging. Here's what happened. Professors are turning ...

“I study leeches called branchiobdellidans that live on crayfish. These leeches are just millimetres long and are symbionts — meaning they live in a close, long-term association with their host. They ...

It comes as the two I'm A Celebrity late arrivals have been revealed JUST days before I’m A Celebrity 2025 kicks off, the famous camp is set to be over-run with blood-sucking leeches due to heavy ...

Since the dawn of civilization, leeches have been firmly attached to medicine. Therapeutic bloodsuckers are seen in murals decorating the tombs of 18 th dynasty Egyptian pharaohs. They got their ...

“Every continent on the planet has leeches, with the exception of Antarctica,” Siddall says. “And even then there are marine leeches in Antarctic waters.” Humans have co-existed with leeches for so ...

The biological history of leeches is difficult to study: Their tissue decomposes almost immediately, and their boneless bodies rarely fossilize. But a geological formation in Wisconsin preserved a ...

Predatory leeches aren't just real - they're far more terrifying than you might think. In this video, we uncover the unsettling world of these bloodthirsty invertebrates, from their hunting tactics to ...

Leeches might make you squirm, but these small, blood-sucking creatures are making a big comeback in modern medicine. Once a staple of ancient healing methods, leech therapy is now gaining renewed ...

Many therapeutic methods that would be described as absurd today originated from the Middle Ages. Bloodletting, for example, involved draining litres of blood from patients through cuts or the use of ...

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 ...

Using leeches to suck the blood out of a person might sound medieval, but it’s actually a medicinal practice still used today at many trauma hospitals. Though only used in a handful of cases, the ...