Some even starve themselves to feed their babies when food is hard to come by. So, remember that appearances can be deceiving ...

Find out how medicinal leeches are reclaiming a place in modern surgery and therapy, offering unique healing benefits.

In a rare technique among mammals, the bats burn proteins from blood, rather than carbs or fat, to power their pursuits of ...

Video: What is leech therapy and does it work ... shares a very slimy close-up view of a squirming pile of leeches feeding on his bare stomach in this very nauseating video uploaded to his ...

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 ...

Buglife Conservation Director, Craig Macadam said: “Medicinal leeches have an important place in our medical history but are ...

Twenty have hatched in a captive-breeding programme at the Highland Wildlife Park at Kincraig, near Aviemore. They are the ...

In the 2008 film “Twilight,” a vampire describes the scent of blood as being “like a drug.” While in the world of fantasy, vampires may crave blood for reasons that are tinged with the ...

A project set up to boost Scotland's rare population of medicinal leeches has got its first babies. Twenty have hatched in a captive-breeding programme at the Highland Wildlife Park at Kincraig ...