Although used in just a handful of cases, leeches can help with everything from coagulating blood after skin graft surgeries, ...

From microscopic mites dwelling in our hair follicles to sizable tapeworms inhabiting our intestines, the human body plays ...

Vampires are not the only creatures that suck blood. As scary as it seems, the Earth is full of different creatures. Here are ...

Even leeches can attach to the skin, feeding on blood. While most of these organisms are harmless, they can lead to complications if left unchecked. Demodex mites are microscopic organisms that ...

Mr Peters-Bond said the company's leeches have probably saved "hundreds of thousands of fingers, toes and skin flaps" over the years. The BBC Two documentary, produced by Dragonfly, follows ...

Hold the Asian buffalo leech with a pair of pliers if required so it won’t latch on to your hand. When the Asian buffalo ...

Lucky for us crew, these leeches don’t drink human blood as they’re unable to break human skin so none of us met the fate of those toadlets. On occasion though, they did become attached to us ...