Michael Jordan’s fear of snakes led Nike to abandon a black mamba campaign, paving the way for Kobe Bryant to define the ...

How Michael Jordan’s secret fear of snakes paved the way for Kobe Bryant to adopt and define the iconic Black Mamba persona.

We as fans are heavily invested in the characters that make the NBA arguably the greatest show on earth, following every off-court piece of drama of the stars with as much fervor as what happens on ...

Learn more about the impact our parents and negative language have on how we begin to think about snakes at a young age.

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Serpents get a bad rap. Their lore, both mythological and pop cultural, can engender fear and hatred of snakes. Unfairly, experts say, humans go after the harmless, slithery rat exterminator in the ...

The language children hear about snakes may shape their fear and attitudes, but simple exposure can soften that effect.

Snakes—just the word is enough to make most of us flinch. Sleek, slithery, and sometimes deadly, they're among the most feared creatures on Earth. Most people would run the other way at the sight of ...