Spiders are some of the world’s most misunderstood creatures. These arachnids, which have been around for around 400 million years, consume billions of disease-causing mosquitoes and crop-destroying ...

Who's afraid of spiders? Well, quite a lot of people it seems. Spider phobia is one of the most prolific of the specific phobias and it afflicts people across a range of geographical and cultural ...

People tend to get in a panic around autumn when they see more spiders but is there really anything to worry about?

Spiders are naturally drawn to warm, damp spaces, so bathrooms can become a hotspot in autumn. Even though most species are ...

The HERPS Exotic Reptile and Pet Expo in Abilene excelled with examples for confronting one's fears of all things slimy, ...

Back in my footloose twenties, I lived for a year in Costa Rica, where I worked at a school in the central highlands and worked even harder, by reluctant necessity, at overcoming my lifelong horror of ...