Animals with multiple brains have evolved this way to improve survival. Whether it's for controlling many limbs independently ...

LEECHES are adapted by their structure and physiology to an ectoparasitic, blood-sucking mode of life. Some have secondarily become predators, but none has obvious adaptations to endoparasitism.

As doctors visited the home of a 65-year-old farmer in North Wollo, Raya Kobbo, he told them his saliva had tints of blood, ...

But leeches aren’t just useful at crime scenes. These creatures’ sanguineous appetites have also come in handy for scientists, who are hoping to use them to solve another mystery: the diversity of ...

“Scientists searching leech guts to unravel which animals they’ve fed on may interpret their findings differently if the ...

even though these animals feed exclusively on it, blood alone is not able to sustain them; it lacks certain essential amino acids and vitamins. To make up for this deficit, bloodsucking leeches ...

11). Whether the leech’s airborne escapade counts as a jump may puzzle scientists for centuries to come. Tardigrades are famously resilient. The minuscule animals can withstand blasts of X-rays ...

In this short film Dr Michael Mosley interviews a surgeon who is pioneering the use of leeches in medical research. He allows a leech to attach to his arm and suck his blood, the mouth of the ...