Officials are urging “understanding” over “fear” after a federally protected snake was recently found killed at the Matthaei ...

Michigan’s only species of venomous snake is in trouble. Eastern massasauga rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus) are becoming more isolated because of habitat fragmentation in the state, which is ...

Baby rattlesnakes at University of Michigan's Matthaei Botanical Gardens An Eastern massasauga rattlesnake dubbed Gertrude or "Gertie" gave birth in a visible open drain tile in the summer of 2025.

Prescribed burns don’t just benefit wildlife; humans also notice a difference. The Fontinalis Club, a fly fishing and upland bird hunting club with 22 members, neighbors a prairie the DNR burns ...

It was a massasauga rattlesnake, an endangered species in Illinois, and its head was deformed, covered in strange sores.

A Tennessee hiker died after being bitten by a timber rattlesnake he picked up. Timber rattlesnakes, copperheads, and massasauga rattlesnakes are Ohio's three venomous snake species. While venomous, ...