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

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

Some even starve themselves to feed their babies when food is hard to come by. So, remember that appearances can be deceiving and leeches are our friends. Humans have a complicated history with ...

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