WHY do certain bugs freak us out? Because we’ve been bred to fear snakes and we have an irrational aversion to spiders but we can also blame our parents. When it comes to snakes, researchers believe ...

Spiders claim the crown as the most feared animal, with nearly 19 percent of people reporting extreme terror when exposed to spider images. This fear affects nearly ...

In a lesson about appreciating life and the power of exposure therapy, a woman named Tala on TikTok recently uploaded a video in which she talked about the journey she took to become a “grandMOTHer,” ...

For someone with entomophobia, a fear of insects, spring can feel like a fever dream. "They're really bad this time of year," Wade Wilson, an associate certified entomologist, said of the tussock moth ...

Just call him SpongeBob ScarePants. Panic-stricken TikTokers are tracing their fear of butterflies to a crucial episode of the cartoon “SpongeBob SquarePants,” which premiered on Nickelodeon in 1999.

Aerial treatments to stop spongy moth infestations in East Dundee are on hold after residents told the Village Board they have concerns about how it will affect other insects, particularly monarch ...