Doctors took a look inside his nose and saw signs of blood. When they broke out the nasal endoscope, they saw the source of ...

WALKER, Minn. — Minnesota's third-largest lake has a namesake only an angler could love: the leech. Earthworm's ugly aquatic cousin. Those slimy, crawly creatures straight out of a horror film. But ...

As we tidy away the Dracula capes and glow-in-the-dark plastic fangs for another winter, one notorious blood sucker has had a ...

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 ...

You’ve seen them in horror films and history books, but leeches never really went away. In operating rooms today, surgeons ...

Leeches are generally considered the stuff of nightmares. They lurk in warm, slow moving water. They drink blood. And now, scientists have recently confirmed that at least some of them know how to ...

Ken Grewe plunges his hand into the bottom of a small, black plastic bag - as if he were searching for remaining treats in a sack of candy. What Grewe is seeking is anything but sweet. Like he has for ...

Generally, we at Short Wave are open-minded to the creepies and the crawlies, but even we must admit that leeches are already the stuff of... We hate to tell you this, but there are leeches that can ...