Looking back at them was a live leech, doctors said. Doctors grabbed the leech with forceps and carefully removed the animal, now nearly 4 inches long after feeding on the man’s blood supply for ...

The girl started experiencing nosebleeds after washing her face in a creek, the hospital said. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Published April 8 | Read More | Cave-dweller with three jaws found feeding on bat blood is new species in China The new cave-dwelling leech species is believed to exist solely on bat blood ...

Researchers manually removed a specimen and three others like it for further study, later revealing it to be a new species of “bloodsucking land leech,” according to a study published April 8 ...

CHIANG MAI, (Thailand): A doctor at Nakornping Hospital in Chiang Mai successfully removed a full-sized leech from a three-year-old girl’s nostril after she suffered repeated nosebleeds over ...