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 ...

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 ...

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 ...