A newly discovered bloodsucking, olive-green leech with three jaws and as many as 59 teeth has been found about 40 miles outside of downtown Washington. A team led by a researcher at the Smithsonian's ...

There’s one more species to add to the list of parasites that feed on human blood. Macrobdella mimicus has three muscular jaws, each of which are lined with 56 to 59 teeth, research zoologist Anna ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists with the Smithsonian have discovered a new blood-sucker in the D.C. area -- a previously unknown species of leech that has three jaws with up to 59 teeth. The scientists with ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the first time in 40 years, scientists have discovered a new species of medicinal leech in North America in a Maryland swamp. A team of researchers made the discovery in 2015 ...

A new species of leech, named Macrobdella mimicus, was first identified from specimens collected in Southern Maryland. (Courtesy Smithsonian) Washington is no stranger to bloodsucking parasites, but ...

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For the first time in 40 years, scientists have discovered a new species of medicinal leech in North America in a Maryland swamp. A team of researchers made the discovery in 2015 and published their ...

WASHINGTON (ABC7) - Scientists discovered a species of a bloodsucking leech, with up to 59 teeth, in a D.C. pond. The leech is about as long as a cigarette, olive-green in color, with orange spots and ...