In slightly over 412 minutes of game action this year, goalkeeper Jarrett Leech '09 has allowed only one goal for Brown's 25th-ranked men's soccer team. Leech came in during the latter stages of the ...

Learn about a 480-million-year-old leech fossil that revealed that ancient leeches didn’t have the biological components necessary to suck blood. It’s the beginning of the spooky season, which means ...

Doctors have removed a leech from the nose of a 55-year-old Hong Kong woman after she swam and washed her face in a stream, a medical journal reported. The woman went to her doctor complaining of nose ...

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 ...

Leeches can be kept for many weeks in cold water. That is why you buy them in refrigerated containers. Water temperatures between 35 to 40 degrees are ideal. After buying your leeches, most people put ...

A chance video by a grad student relishing her first big field trip might help resolve an argument that’s raged among biologists for more than a century. The question: Can leeches jump? Yes, at least ...

Leeches are a type of parasitic worm. Leech therapy involves applying leeches to a wound to increase circulation, improve blood flow, and promote healing. Its practice has varied over time, but it ...

Yelena Titova shakes a jar holding a few dozen leeches writhing in slightly murky water. When one of them sinks to the bottom, motionless, she plunges her hand in and retrieves the late bloodsucker.