Leeches help track down endangered species

Tracking endangered mammals with the leeches that feed on them

A Lost Leech and a Call to Protect the Bloodsuckers • The Revelator

Researchers take a bloody good look at the medicinal leech genome

Misclassified for Centuries, Medicinal Leeches Found to Be Three Distinct Species

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Iberian species of medicinal leeches treated in this work. (a,b) dorsal

Mother nature may be providing a tool to monitor biodiversity: bloodsucking leeches

Why the World Needs Bloodsucking Creatures, Science

How leeches could help prevent future coronavirus outbreaks: blood suckers provide evidence of wildlife that carry animal viruses

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Do Leeches Help with Health Problems?

These Scientists Survey Rainforest Diversity Using Leeches and the Blood They Suck, Smart News

It's the Latest in Conservation Tech. And It Wants to Suck Your Blood. - The New York Times

Representative adult specimen of the European land leech (Xerobdella

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