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 ...

Little progress has been made despite 40 years of cleanup on Leech Lake Reservation. Locals fear for the health of surrounding lakes and the Mississippi River downstream.

Today, we pull the veil back on the secret sex lives of leeches and how researchers at McMaster University and Fisheries and Oceans Canada are using that information to learn about endocrine ...

Though the Christmas season comes every year, there regrettably aren’t a lot of holiday horror movies out there. Thus, whenever there is the rare occasion where some new ones come out, they stand out ...

Finding a leech on your body can be scary, but you don’t need to panic. We’ll give you simple steps that can help you calmly and safely remove a leech without any pain or complications from the bite.

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe employees hold a map while being asked to stand for recognition during a commemorative ceremony marking the restoration of around 11,700 acres of the Leech Lake Band of ...

With an olive-green body encasing three jaws, each lined with more than 50 teeth, it looks like a cigarette-sized relative of the skin-crawling creature from the Alien films. Actually, it's far less ...

The medium-sized leech can move in an S-shape to swim and crawl like an inchworm on dry land, researchers said. Photo by 杨 震 via Unsplash For months, researchers returned to a single cave in southern ...

Ever thought about covering yourself in leeches? The ancient practice is still around today, with many swearing by the healing powers of leech therapy. Those who are into history will know about the ...