A BBC documentary crew in Northern Ireland stumbled upon a fungus that hijacks spiders in an arachnid version of “The Last of ...

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In fact, the strongest evolutionary case for arachnophobia rests on the dangers not of spiders but of scorpions, the theory being that we generalized a reasonable fear of those creatures into a ...

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Cynophobia is the fear of dogs.(PC: Pexels ... (PC: Pexels) Cynophobia is just like another phobia, like your phobia for spiders, but this one is for dogs. The reaction to a dog nearby is so ...

Arachnophobia, the clinical term for a fear of spiders, is one of the world's most common phobias. In 2009, a study published in the European Journal of Oral Sciences, put the estimated proportion ...

A German-born Brisbane resident has received the shock of her life after finding hundreds of baby Huntsman spiders had invaded the ceiling of her Murrarie home. WATCH THE VIDEO Michael Davis ...

Spiders can reach their top running speeds again soon after self-amputating a limb – a trick that could inspire robots that can move more effectively when they are damaged. When threatened by a ...