According to officials at the gardens, in June, the rattlesnake started to frequent the culvert drain in the Great Lakes Gardens. She became such a fixture that the staff eventually named her Gertrude ...

An Eastern massasauga rattlesnake later dubbed “Gertrude” or “Gertie” gave birth at University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens. The Eastern massasauga is Michigan's only venomous snake. There ...

Do snakes lay eggs? Yes! But, it may surprise or fascinate you to learn that many species of snakes give live birth.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rattlesnake season is far from over in Colorado, and you may even see more of them in late summer and fall than at any other time.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — 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 ...

SPOKANE, Washington (The Spokesman-Review) — Somewhere in a rodent burrow or rock crevasse on the eastern side of Washington, a large female snake is giving birth to a litter of fully formed babies.

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 ...