The rattlesnake named Gertrude, or Gertie, took shelter in the opening of a drainpipe earlier this summer and gave birth ...

An Eastern massasauga rattlesnake dubbed Gertrude or "Gertie" gave birth in a visible open drain tile in the summer of 2025.

Michigan’s only species of venomous snake is in trouble. Eastern massasauga rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus) are becoming ...

A Eastern massasauga rattlesnake gave birth to about a dozen babies at the University of Michigan's Matthaei Botanical ...

Months after an endangered rattlesnake was found killed at a University of Michigan garden, a new brood of the species was ...

A threatened species and Michigan’s only venomous snake, one massasauga mom was discovered in a culvert at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens with snakelets in late July.  Now, they’re moving toward their ...