Ontario is home to over a dozen types of snakes, but only one of them is venomous – the Eastern massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus). According to Tianna Burke with the Georgian Bay Biosphere, ...

Staff at the University of Michigan's Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum said in a social media post this week that someone killed an eastern massasauga rattlesnake on the grounds, and ...

World Snake Day is on Tuesday and we want to tell you about the only venomous snake that is found in Michigan. Michigan has the largest population of Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes in the country, ...

In the post, officials said Huron County Wildlife Officer Matthew D. Smith located the rattlesnake last month as Ohio Division of Wildlife staff, researchers and volunteers participated in an annual ...

Summer is rapidly approaching, and, for a lot of people, that means getting into the great outdoors — whether it’s spending a few days camping, hiking a favorite trail or just getting out and enjoying ...

Ohio is home to three rare venomous snakes: the timber rattlesnake, the copperhead, and the massasauga rattlesnake. The timber rattlesnake and massasauga rattlesnake are both endangered species in ...

Michigan's lone venomous snake, the eastern massasauga rattlesnake, has received federal protection as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

A study tracking the population of the federally threatened Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake is seeing higher numbers than expected in Michigan. For the past twelve years, several organizations in the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Officials are urging “understanding” over “fear” after a federally protected snake was recently found killed at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum in Ann ...

U-M officials are reminding the public of the eastern massasauga snake's protected status after one was killed at the Matthaei Gardens. The threatened species is important to Michigan's ecosystem and ...