Congratulations are in order for Michigan’s only brand of venomous snake — a threatened species — and the staff at the University of Michigan’s busy botanical gardens, as it turns out. An Eastern ...

Eastern Massasauga rattlesnakes are found in the wetlands of Michigan and other Midwestern states. “These are fairly large and stable populations of Eastern Massasaugas,” study co-author and Michigan ...

Michigan’s only species of venomous snake is in trouble. Eastern massasauga rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus) are becoming more isolated because of habitat fragmentation in the state, which is ...

Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:15:15 GMT — A group of scientists says eastern massasauga rattlesnakes in three parts of Michigan have been found with a skin disease that can be deadly for the reptiles. The Grand ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Months after an endangered rattlesnake was found killed at a University of Michigan garden, a new brood of the species was found there. The Matthaei Botanical Gardens and ...

Baby rattlesnakes at University of Michigan's Matthaei Botanical Gardens An Eastern massasauga rattlesnake dubbed Gertrude or "Gertie" gave birth in a visible open drain tile in the summer of 2025.