The new cave-dwelling leech species is believed to exist solely on bat blood, according to researchers. Li, T. et al. (2025.) The leech’s specialized diet of bat blood has allowed it to survive in ...

Doctors grabbed the leech with forceps and carefully removed the animal, now nearly 4 inches long after feeding on the man’s blood supply for at least a week, according to the report.

In a forested region of Angola where a cliff separates the landscape, a new species of butterfly was discovered. /iStockphoto The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by ...