Mosquito larvae, snails, and leeches were special guests at the Missouri Department of Conservation's (MDC) Nature Center at Night event Thursday. This time, the event centered on pond exploration at ...

Leeches might seem like relics of a bygone age of medicine, but they haven’t outlived their usefulness to people yet. The freshwater leech Helobdella austinensis can eat its weight in snails every day ...

There has long been anecdotal evidence of the wormy creatures taking to the air, but videos recorded in Madagascar at last prove the animals’ acrobatics. By Veronique Greenwood Veronique Greenwood ...

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 ...