Imagine stumbling across a den with hundreds of rattlesnakes. You'll want to turn up the volume for this one to hear their ...

One more thing, you don’t have any hands. Prairie rattlesnakes have evolved an easy solution to this problem. They simply coil up and turn themselves into rain-collecting pancakes.

This rattlesnake mother hasn’t eaten throughout her entire pregnancy and will hibernate soon after giving birth. This means that she may go over a year without eating. It’s why female ...

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 ...

A juvenile prairie rattlesnake, one of the focal species in the study, looks out from a rock outcrop near a den site in northern Montana. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...

Crotalus – The larger genus has 26 species, which include better-known species, such as the timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) of the eastern United States, the prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus ...