the trainees measured the snakes and determined their sex by counting the subcaudal scales. These are large, flat scales on the underside of a timber rattlesnake between the vent (anal scale ...

the trainees measured the snakes and determined their sex by counting the subcaudal scales. These are large, flat scales on the underside of a timber rattlesnake between the vent (anal scale ...

Thursday, May 1, I found myself among 20 state conservation officer trainees, walking into the woods toward a known population of timber ... their sex by counting their subcaudal scales.

But, there are one species – just one, this isn't the Southwest – that is venomous and whose bite packs a punch: the timber rattlesnake. The timber rattlesnake is critically endangered ...

Officials with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission say that if you're in Pennsylvania and live above 1,500 feet, the likelihood of running into a Timber Rattlesnake is "really good." ...

But, there are two species – just two – that are venomous and their bites would pack a punch: the timber rattlesnake and the copperhead. Neither of these two species are particularly common to ...

Wildlife officers and trainees conducted a timber rattlesnake survey in Clearfield County. Timber rattlesnakes are native and are also venomous. Many of the females are pregnant and emerging from ...

The timber rattlesnake is the more dangerous of the two. The species is listed as endangered with a rapidly declining population according to MassWildlife, and its habitat is mostly limited to the ...

Pictured above are the Eastern Copperhead by Linh Phu (left); Timber Rattlesnake by Scott Smith (right). The State of Maryland is home to 27 species and sub-species of snakes, including two ...

But images shared to social media Saturday by Phoenix-based Rattlesnake Solutions help to illustrate that the venomous reptiles can be encountered in what might seem to be unlikely locations.