KERHONKSON, N.Y. (AP) — An infestation of blood-sucking leeches is forcing the state to shut down the swimming area at a Catskill Mountain lake for two days. Lake Minnewaska is closed to all users ...

Leeches swim by undulating; they alternately form crests then troughs at their anterior end and move them backward, thereby producing forward thrust. These movements are accomplished by alternating ...

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 ...

In the second installment of Nature Moments, a new weekly series of short videos, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Natural Sciences Nathaniel T. Wheelwright goes for a swim—with leeches. “I ...

A common worry among visitors to lakes, ponds and rivers emerges every summer - are there leeches lurking below the surface? In 2024, radio station Kiss 91.5 FM posted an article on its website ...

When I was young we had a cabin in northern Wisconsin where my dad would invite his childhood friends to come and fish. One such friend had a fear for the leeches we used regularly for bait. He would ...

Ken Grewe plunges his hand into the bottom of a small, black plastic bag - as if he were searching for remaining treats in a sack of candy. What Grewe is seeking is anything but sweet. Like he has for ...

September 15 - Australian Olympic swimmer Faith Leech, who won an individual bronze and team relay gold at Melbourne 1956, passed away yesterday at the age of 72, it has been announced. The woman from ...