Researchers exposed pumas in the Santa Cruz mountains to the sound of human voices to see if they would react with fear and flee, and the results were striking: They were definitely afraid of humans.

Fear of snakes and spiders is deep-seated in usiStock Fear and disgust of snakes is not a new phenomenon. Irrespective of how often one comes in contact with snakes, this fear is constant. But what's ...

There’s actually a word for it: anthropophobia. Wiktionary (Wiktionary? Really?) defines it as, “A profound fear of human beings, or of human society.” Wikipedia adds, “An extreme, pathological form ...

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