Student researchers Ava Whitlock and Brody Glei are getting ready to fly a drone equipped with a heat-sensitive camera to find rare eastern massasauga rattlesnakes. Standing together at Pierce Cedar ...

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 ...

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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The Potter Park Zoo in Lansing, Mich., posted a letter written to the zoo's rattlesnake by 3-year-old Wayne (who is almost 4).

A Michigan woman was cleaning out her garage last week when she felt a pain that was “like a bee sting times 10” as she walked through her yard. It wasn't a bee ...

Standing together at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute near Hastings, Michigan, two students stared intently at the screen, looking for the subtle signs of the small rattlesnake they were trying to find.

LANSING, Mich. — It may not be the cuddliest animal at the zoo, but that doesn’t stop a Michigan boy from wanting to pet a rattlesnake. The Potter Park Zoo in Lansing posted a letter written to the ...