“Out west, people run into the big prairie rattlers lying on the roads or trails,” Ricketts said. Ricketts said copperheads, ...

Nestled in the unforgiving Colorado mountaintops, filmmakers encountered a prairie rattlesnake with a lifesaving superpower ...

Homeowner Christie Jones said her 12-year-old daughter Kyler had walked out of the front door just 20 minutes before the prairie rattlesnake was seen lurking in the same area. “Anyone who really ...

Though they will only bite if provoked, a disturbed rattlesnake den can bring forth a string of stings and hence be a drastic danger to human life. The native United States prairie rattlesnake is ...

Colorado is home to about 30 species of snakes. Of these, only three snakes are a risk to humans; the prairie rattlesnake, the Western rattlesnake and the massasauga rattlesnake. Western and ...

SHARON SPRINGS? James White grabbed three prairie rattlesnakes by the tail, uncoiled them with a light shake and bit down on their tails. He swung the snakes as they dangled from his mouth ...

prairie rattlesnakes, horned larks, ferruginous hawks, and bobcats. Ecosystem services provided by prairie dogs include recharging groundwater, aerating soil, sequestering carbon, cycling nutrients, ...

An Eastern diamondback rattlesnake slides across the sand at Wiregrass Prairie Preserve in Osteen, Florida. The Eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the largest venomous snake species in North ...