The jumping spider pet market is booming, particularly with women. And for many, the journey to spider enthusiast began as an arachnophobe.

For Emily Hess, it was a Phidippus regius named Gretel. Hayden Shea's first was caught by her boyfriend's dad. Sunday Costell ordered her first one off eBay. "I went from selling three to four a week ...

“I just feel like for the first time in my life, I was in a comfortable enough space to start exploring those things I’ve ignored for a while,” the singer-songwriter says. By Nicole Fell Assistant ...