A Tennessee hiker died after being bitten by a timber rattlesnake, a species also found in Ohio. Learn more about Ohio's ...

Massasauga rattlesnake The massasauga rattlesnake inhabits swampy and wet areas of Ohio. Its range once included 30 counties, but it is now endangered, scattered and rarely seen, according to ...

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 ...

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, ...

The rattlesnake named Gertrude, or Gertie, took shelter in the opening of a drainpipe earlier this summer and gave birth around late July or early August at the University of Michigan’s Matthaei ...

Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes are a small to medium sized rattlesnake, with adults typically reaching lengths of approximately 18 to 30 inches.

Eastern Massasauga rattlesnakes live in Michigan as well as other Midwestern states. Credit: Eric Hileman "This long-term field monitoring is the backbone of the study," Clark said.

Analysis of genomes of Eastern massasauga rattlesnakes showed that, by the numbers, more deleterious than adaptation-enabling mutations were present in the more genetically diverse donor animals ...

Catching a rattlesnake (IMAGE) Michigan State University Caption Researcher team members used snake tongs to catch Eastern Massasauga rattlesnakes for their 15-year study.