Our area’s most commonly encountered, venomous snakes have a well-known warning system that is a part of their common name. These are, of course, the rattlesnakes of North Central Texas and ...

As temperatures warm, you may find yourself out and about, wandering Texas' diverse hiking trails. While on the way to mountainous summits or climbing grassy hills, a slithering, scaly reptile could ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) — Kansans may need to watch their steps as snakes reappear in the state. KSNT News spoke with Drew Ricketts, an extension wildlife specialist with Kansas State University, about ...

Austin medics want you to watch out for rattlesnakes in Texas. On Monday, October 11, Austin-Travis County EMS tweeted about treating two pediatric patients for rattlesnake bites this week. They said ...

Rian is a PhD student who is working on Western Massasauga rattlesnakes for the first chapter of his dissertation. He has sequenced the genome of both desert and prairie species, and is developing ...

Where are they? The Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake is a small, stout-bodied pit viper, patterned with a series of large, dark brown blotches set on a light gray or tan-colored body. Adults average ...