Climate and Temperature Extremes Rattlesnakes, in their quest for warmth, are known to roam terrains where the sun can ...

Imagine the shock of discovering a rattlesnake on your couch! In Texas, a rattlesnake houseguest might be more likely than ...

Rattlesnake Behavior During Forest Fires Rattlesnakes have developed specific behaviors to counter the immediate danger of ...

Q. I saw a photo on Facebook of a rattlesnake with its head looking up at the base of an oak tree and its enormous body stretched out in the ...

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It is unclear how many people have been bitten by snakes in New Jersey. State officials know of at least 17 snakebites in the ...

Our analysis identified areas with high potential for such contact between humans and rattlesnakes. This research highlighted environmental factors favorable to timber rattlesnake encounters with ...

The two main genera that make up the rattlesnakes are Crotalus and Sistrurus. Crotalus – The larger genus has 26 species, which include better-known species, such as the timber rattlesnake ...

We met up with biologist Dr. Anne Stengle of the University of Massachusetts who has been studying timber rattlesnakes for more than 10 years. “Very few people in New England have even seen a ...

In contrast, timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) — like the snake seen in the video above — mostly live just in the eastern third of Texas. These snakes grow 3 to 4 feet long with thick ...