As California enters the hottest months of the year, rattlesnakes are more active in their search for sunlight and water. The ...

Her niece, Chloe Palousek, 28, told Newsweek that the frightening moment took a dramatic turn when the snake reared its head—and Dog sprang into protector mode. "She saw it raise its head and screamed ...

Exciting times are ahead as well, as more babies will be born in August. Baby rattlesnakes are called ‘pups’ and unlike almost all reptiles, they’re born alive rather than hatched from eggs.

While it's not every day people see a rattlesnake in Oregon, the venomous reptile is common in certain parts of the state. Western rattlesnakes are known to inhabit areas of Oregon where the ...

According to one early 19th-century account, some western Cherokee felt an obligation to avoid killing rattlesnakes out of respect for their tightly knit family organizations.

In addition to the western rattlesnake and copperheads, Kansans might also spot the western Massasauga rattlesnake, prairie rattlesnake or timber rattlesnake.

Looks like: Similar to the mottled rock rattlesnake but dark greenish-gray. Lives near: Only in the extreme western tip of Texas, Texas Parks and Wildlife says.

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The Northern Pacific rattlesnake, or Western rattlesnake, lives in central Califonia all the way up through Oregon, Washington, western Idaho, and British Columbia.

A "mega den" of hundreds of rattlesnakes in Colorado is getting even bigger now that late summer is here and babies are being born. Thanks to livestream video, scientists studying the den on a ...