A study at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff is using state-of-the-art equipment and a spider to treat phobias and ...

Phobias come in many forms: Some people fear spiders while others fear flying on a plane. But the one thing they all have in ...

The key to distinguishing a fear from a phobia is that that while most people get the jitters if a spider crawls on their arm, people suffering from arachnophobia -- the fear of spiders -- are ...

The Big Apple is less fearful of pests like roaches, rats and spiders than any other city in the US, a new study has found. New York City residents searched critter-related phobias on Google seven ...

New research by a University of Manchester psychologist could give new hope to people who are scared of spiders. Dr Warren Mansell says rather than encouraging arachnophobics to face their fears, ...

That was the moment knew I had to address my phobia. I started educating myself on insects. I picked beetles first because they seemed the most harmless insect I could think of – even a photo of a ...