Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Mai Fahmy Many debates rage on: the meaning of life, the existence of a ‘higher power’, but are you aware that for more ...

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 ...

A chance video by a grad student relishing her first big field trip might help resolve an argument that’s raged among biologists for more than a century. The question: Can leeches jump? Yes, at least ...

WALKER, Minn. -- Chip Leer remembers the Minnesota walleye opener in 2002 or 2003 when he joined some of the area's top anglers to test the waters of Leech Lake. There were four boats of anglers, he ...

White men can’t jump, but terrestrial leeches can. This is now a scientific fact; after centuries of anecdotal reports, the parasites have been caught on video leaping from leaves in the Madagascan ...

The first time I was bitten by a leech, I was swimming in a West Virginia river. I remember the scene perfectly: I crawled out to dry off and tried to wipe the mud off my knees, but the leech wouldn’t ...