Using leeches to measure mammal biodiversity

In order to get a better grasp on the biodiversity of mammals in Sumatra, University of Delaware graduate student Sarah Weiskopf spent two weeks collecting leeches in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park and conducting genetic analyses of their blood meals.

It's the Latest in Conservation Tech. And It Wants to Suck Your Blood. - The New York Times

Environmental DNA Metabarcoding: A Novel Method for Biodiversity Monitoring and More----Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Measuring protected-area effectiveness using vertebrate distributions from leech iDNA

Rare leech recorded in Dumfries and Galloway - Buglife latest news

Antibiotic resistance in a leech's gut: Even trace amounts of antibiotics boost resistant bacteria

Researchers use leeches to map biodiversity Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Porcupines can't jump: Camera traps in the forest canopy reveal dwarf porcupine behavior

Bloodsucking Leeches: More Than Just a Horror Icon - Nature Alberta

Mother nature may be providing a tool to monitor biodiversity: bloodsucking leeches

iDNA from terrestrial haematophagous leeches as a wildlife surveying and monitoring tool – prospects, pitfalls and avenues to be developed, Frontiers in Zoology

Freshwater Leeches - Identification and Ecology – Field Studies Council

Leeches in the extreme: Morphological, physiological, and behavioral adaptations to inhospitable habitats - ScienceDirect

Animal Functional Traits: A Functional Ecology Special Focus – Functional Ecologists

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Meet the UK's only leech farmer supplying the NHS from a tiny farm near Swansea

Elaine from when she was a tiny little blob to now! She still has some growing to do as she is only around 5 feeds old:} (leech growth/age depends on how many

JALAUKAVACHARAN - LEECH THERAPY - Ashtang Ayurved And Panchkarma Clinic, Pune

Baby leech or mosquito larvae? : r/whatisthisbug

My baby buffalo leeches are steadily growing 🥰 : r/LeechGang