According to officials at the gardens, in June, the rattlesnake started to frequent the culvert drain in the Great Lakes Gardens. She became such a fixture that the staff eventually named her Gertrude ...

Michigan's rattlesnakes have been separated into small, isolated populations thanks to human roads, farms, and buildings. And that's a serious problem, according to a new study in the Proceedings of ...

An Eastern massasauga rattlesnake later dubbed “Gertrude” or “Gertie” gave birth at University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens. The Eastern massasauga is Michigan's only venomous snake. There ...

Baby rattlesnake bites are less dangerous than bites from adult rattlesnakes, according to a new study from Loma Linda University that summarizes the origin, transmission, and prevalence of the ...

EAST LANSING, MI – Michigan is home to a single species of venomous snake, and the isolated pockets of its populations are making it more likely it will go extinct. Researchers at Michigan State ...

Roads, buildings and farms are preventing Michigan’s only rattlesnake from finding mates outside of their population. A 15-year study shows that fragmentation into smaller, more isolated patches is ...