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 ...

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 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 ...

Although, of course, it is possible to develop real, anxiety-driven phobias of these animals. So, victims recognise that the spider in the bath or the scuttling mouse in the shed is unlikely to ...