UC Berkeley political scientist Marika Landau-Wells says there are ways to help us avoid overreacting to false alarms without missing real threats.

Landon himself added that his fear of spiders could either pose challenges or opportunities. When asked if he’s scared of spiders himself, Landon recalled, “Terrified.

A pathological fear of spiders, known as arachnophobia, is of course, a legitimate condition. But in reality, we have little to fear. Read on to find out why you should love, not loathe, our eight ...

Queensland Museum spider experts explains why we shouldn’t be scared of spiders. IT’S no wonder most people have a crippling fear of spiders, with their threatening names and hairy bodies.