like a fear of snakes (ophidiophobia), to something rather weird, let’s say, a fear of long words. The first time you hear ...

Credit: iStockphoto If someone has zoophobia, the sweeping fear of animals, everything from pigeons to porcupines, can trigger a response. Since birds fall under that umbrella, this fear can make ...

Phobias tend to cluster around common themes ... exposures where people do things that are either out of the normal or silly. So that people get exposed to the fact that they can feel embarrassed ...

New York City residents searched critter-related phobias on Google seven times less frequently over the last two years than the national average, a study by the Phoenix-based Lunar Pest Control found.