Doraphobia is the irrational fear of fur or animal pelts. Individuals with this phobia may experience anxiety or distress when encountering fur, impacting interactions with pets or animals.

Phobias, defined as 'an extreme or irrational fear or aversion,' affect millions across the U.S. According to a recent study, 19 million Americans currently live with various phobias. From fear of ...

Autumn is the time for fungi and one of the best known of all fungi, is the Fly Agaric, Amanita muscaria. With its bright scarlet cap covered with white or yellowish warts, white gills and a white ...

Connor McDavid may be the greatest hockey player of his generation, but he is still susceptible to some strange phobias like the rest of us. After Amazon’s FaceOff documentary on the NHL revealed that ...

Health authorities in Poland are considering banning the sale of fly agaric mushrooms due to health risks, as the country faces a surge in the trade of toxic fungi this season, prompting ...

More than 16 million of us apparently suffer from an anxiety disorder or phobia that affects our lives in some way. But today, the Government will announce a multi-million-pound grant to fund ...

Poison ivy can turn beautiful colors in the fall. But it can still make you itch. (Lisa Meyers McClintick/For the Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Weather phobias are very real and more common than you might think. As much as 12% of the population has a weather-related phobia, according to a study published in the Bulletin of the American ...

So just what is it about clowns that makes people hide under their seats? Phobia specialist Adam Cox shares a few theories about why we might find them scary. “Firstly, they are unnatural,” he ...

They look like normal fruit gums, but contain muscimol, a neurotoxin that occurs naturally in fly agarics. The Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) is now issuing an urgent warning about the ...