The baby leeches offer hope of boosting fragmented ... and some pass nutrients to their young across their bodies a bit like a placenta. Some even starve themselves to feed their babies when ...

Doctors were left stunned after a boy suffering breathing difficulties coughed up a blood-soaked live leech from his throat. Xiaoxiang, 7, also had a nasty cough and was coughing up blood in his ...

RZSS conservation programme manager Dr Helen Taylor said: "It's incredibly exciting to see these baby leeches hatching, which is much more than we were expecting at such an early stage in the ...