In the fall of 2023, a junior analyst at Western Asset Management Co. was allegedly befuddled by a trading allocation made by the firm’s star bond trader, Ken Leech. According to court filings, the ...

Shop owners say the thieves who took 990 pounds of snails must have been escargot cognoscenti. By Ephrat Livni It was not quite the Louvre heist, but for a village in northeastern France, the recent ...

More than $100,000 worth of escargots were stolen from a French snail farmer earlier this week, French media reported, leaving the supplier scrambling to replenish its stock in time for the holiday ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

After going nearly extinct in the 1990s, these tropical snails have made a fabulous comeback—highlighting the value of carefully planned, long-term conservation projects. Reading time 2 minutes ...

Since the dawn of civilization, leeches have been firmly attached to medicine. Therapeutic bloodsuckers are seen in murals decorating the tombs of 18 th dynasty Egyptian pharaohs. They got their ...

Throughout history, humans have gone to extreme lengths in the pursuit of beauty. From peculiar concoctions to downright dangerous practices, the past is filled with fascinating beauty routines. These ...

The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that several companies contaminated its water with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The defendants of the lawsuit are ...

Allen Leech said he and his wife Jessica Blair Herman's youngest daughter has been starting to notice that Leech is a big star after seeing his face on movie posters around L.A. He also shared that ...

The biological history of leeches is difficult to study: Their tissue decomposes almost immediately, and their boneless bodies rarely fossilize. But a geological formation in Wisconsin preserved a ...