Some women will go to any length for the sake of beauty. Former Victoria’s Secret model Miranda Kerr revealed she’s no stranger when it comes to bizarre beauty treatments. Kerr, who was on a panel at ...

A common worry among visitors to lakes, ponds and rivers emerges every summer - are there leeches lurking below the surface? In 2024, radio station Kiss 91.5 FM posted an article on its website ...

The medicinal leech is in danger of extinction in the UK because of water pollution, environmentalists say. The creatures – once widespread across the country – are in as few as 25 ponds in Kent, ...

Miranda Kerr had a leech facial - and took the creatures home afterwards. The 38-year-old model was persuaded to have the blood-sucking worms put onto her face to help with lymphatic drainage but didn ...

Medicinal leech numbers have declined dramatically due to habitat loss and historic medical use A rare breed of blood-sucking leech is being bred at London Zoo in a bid to save the UK’s largest native ...

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 ...

Dr. John Jellies—also known as "The Leech Guy"—was one of two researchers honored this fall with a Distinguished Faculty Scholar award, the highest annual honor WMU bestows on faculty members. Read ...

A newly discovered bloodsucking, olive-green leech with three jaws and as many as 59 teeth has been found about 40 miles outside of downtown Washington. A team led by a researcher at the Smithsonian’s ...

A rare breed of blood-sucking leech is being bred at London Zoo in a bid to save the UK’s largest native leech species from extinction. The medicinal leech was once widespread in Britain, but its ...