TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Rattlesnake sightings in Northeast Kansas have been increasing due to heavy rainstorms. While sightings have increased, the number of rattlesnakes in the area has not. “A lot of ...

Ophidiophobia (fear of snakes) is very common, and people take that to extremes with rattlesnakes, which are much persecuted. Essentially, people and timber rattlesnakes do not mix, although the ...

Jenna Alleman’s goal Thursday was to capture one timber rattlesnake. She succeeded, and then some — helping to wrangle a yellow phase rattler into a clear plastic tube to secure its bite end, then ...

Researchers tracked a 30-year-old timber rattlesnake in its relocated habitat in southern Ohio. Timber rattlesnakes, one of Ohio's three venomous snakes, are rare and mostly found in a few ...