Instead of feeding on blood, it hunts down and devours worms, particularly the Kinabalu Giant Earthworm ( Pheretima darnleiensis ), which can grow up to 70cm (2.3 feet) long! As its name suggests, the ...

As the people of Kashmir celebrate Navroz, the ancient tradition of leech therapy, locally known as Drekah, is experiencing a ...

The practice, rooted in ancient medicinal traditions, involves using live leeches to extract "impure" blood from the body.

Previously, the ETH researchers took cues from the humble leech to design a better suction cup that can transport medicine into the blood via the mucus membrane lining the inside of the human gut.

Leech expert Roy Sawyer ... Well, even though these animals feed exclusively on it, blood alone is not able to sustain them; it lacks certain essential amino acids and vitamins.