Bunny Leech streamer flies in black. The Bunny Leech is a killer pattern that mimics, well, a leech or a baitfish, and it ...

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 ...

The oldest leech ever discovered has turned out to be a shape shifter of expectations, preserving a body plan that looks ...

The window is closing rapidly as the winter months approach. A rooftop of hardwater will blanket the lakes, ponds and reservoirs soon enough. Fans of stillwaters need to venture out before the ice ...

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 ...

Winter fly fishing makes me appreciate our sport even more. Sure, I long for the dry fly days of summer when caddis are gobbled up along the riverbanks. But when a blanket of white lays claim to the ...

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 ...