Officials announced Friday that a San Bernardino man has pleaded guilty to the 1997 cold-case murder of Monica Leech, who was a bank teller and beloved mother of four, in Thousand Oaks. According to ...

Kevin Ray James, the man convicted in the infamous slaying of bank teller Monica Leech during a 1997 bank robbery in Thousand Oaks, has been sentenced to at least 19 years in prison. James learned of ...

White men can’t jump, but terrestrial leeches can. This is now a scientific fact; after centuries of anecdotal reports, the parasites have been caught on video leaping from leaves in the Madagascan ...

There has long been anecdotal evidence of the wormy creatures taking to the air, but videos recorded in Madagascar at last prove the animals’ acrobatics. By Veronique Greenwood Veronique Greenwood ...

A 430-million-year-old fossil has rewritten leech history, showing they are at least 200 million years older than previously believed. Unlike today’s bloodsucking leeches, their ancient ancestors ...

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 437-million-year-old fossil from a deposit in Wisconsin could be the oldest species of leech ever found. By Jack Tamisiea If you look around Waukesha County in Wisconsin today, it can be difficult ...

(Fixes misspelled word in headline) TOKYO, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Long confined to the mountains, Japanese leeches are invading residential areas, causing swelling, itching and general discomfort with ...