While the snakes are known to inhabit a few regions in Kansas, including Kanopolis in central Kansas, they are rarely ...

A team of herpetologists led by Joe Collins, a former Kansas University professor, found two massasaugas — a kind of small rattlesnake — Saturday morning in far southwest Douglas County ...

Curtis glanced down to see the yellow belly of a rattlesnake falling away from him between his feet. He remembers jumping sideways but he doesn’t remember shooting the snake, a 4-footer.

While the snakes are known to occupy a few regions in Kansas, including Kanopolis in central Kansas, they are rarely ...