Vampires get all the attention at this time of year, but bloodthirsty leeches, insects and birds are just as compelling — and they’re real. Leeches feeding on a homemade “blood sausage,” made from cow ...

National Geographic Ultimate Explorer correspondent Nick Baker enters the quirky world of medicine’s oldest practitioners — the leech and the fly — in a surreal journey through time and place to ...

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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 ...

There is no better impetus for a Body Odd blog than Demi Moore making a public declaration that she uses leeches to keep herself looking fresh and feeling healthy. Now, I can’t agree with Demi’s ...