KERHONKSON, N.Y. -- 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 Tuesday ...

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 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 ...

Leeches can be kept for many weeks in cold water. That is why you buy them in refrigerated containers. Water temperatures between 35 to 40 degrees are ideal. After buying your leeches, most people put ...

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 ...

Dr. Solomon David, a fish ecologist at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, is a huge movie buff, looking forward to "Avengers: Age of Ultron," "Star Wars" and all of the other big blockbusters coming out ...

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 Tuesday and Wednesday so ...