Spring is here and that means the snakes will be soon enough, too. Snakes, like humans, get out and start moving around when the temperatures start to rise, and for the most part that’s totally fine.

Shelters from fire and cold are important microhabitats for the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, which sometimes shelters in the burrows of the imperiled gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). RANGE: ...