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.

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

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

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 ...