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While a bite may be painful and need prompt medical care, they rarely, if ever, result in death. Western massasauga rattlesnakes are pale brown or tan overall, with darker mottling that appears ...

A rare and endangered rattlesnake has been seen in Ohio. An eastern massasauga rattlesnake was caught during the Ohio Division of Wildlife's annual snake survey last month by Huron County Wildlife ...

DETROIT — The eastern massasauga rattlesnake, Michigan's lone venomous viper, is the scariest snake you've probably never seen — except in pictures, perhaps. But the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

The Eastern massasauga rattlesnake is Michigan's only venomous snake, and it's rarely seen. Michigan's snakes are are beneficial to the ecosystem and tend to avoid humans if possible. While ...

Venomous eastern massasauga rattlesnakes are captured in what’s called a “blitz style” field survey, then are carefully inspected by scientists and returned to the exact spot they were found ...

Only three venomous snakes live in the wild in New York: the timber rattlesnake, the Eastern massasauga and the Northern ...

The law enforcement division of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently received a call ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is seeking input from the public to help guide future plans for Seven Lakes ...

Within the 17 snake species found in New York, three are venomous. Here's what to know, and how likely you are to see them in ...

Hospital staff told Kornelson he'd been bitten by a copperhead, though a Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks official suggested it may have instead been a massasauga rattlesnake. Copperhead ...

Midget faded rattlesnakes are more common in western Colorado counties, while Massasauga rattlesnakes inhabit eastern counties. Each of these variations has a few characteristics in common — a ...