"With most wildlife, reductions in distribution and/or population declines is due to habitat loss. Human persecution and roadways are also thought to be a contributing factor for rattlesnakes.

World Atlas report on seven most rattlesnake infested areas in South Carolina sounds like something from a horror film.

A study analyzing 50 years of data found eastern diamondback rattlesnakes in sharp decline due to killing-contest pressure and habitat loss. Rattlesnakes play a key role in the food web, especially in ...

(Courtesy Michigan DNR) The eastern massasauga rattlesnake is native to the lower peninsula of Michigan and several other Great Lakes states but has since lost much of its habitat — wet meadows ...