Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iowa has 28 species of snakes, five of which are venomous. Snakes form a key part of the ecosystems they inhabit, helping to keep ...

IOWA, USA — Iowa’s small and scattered rattlesnake population faces a new challenge: a fungal disease that appears to be hitting the species harder than most other snakes in the state. The Iowa ...

Iowa's timber rattlesnake population has declined more than 50 percent in the past 30 years, according to one of the vipers' leading advocates, Department of Natural Resources Conservation Office Burt ...

Iowa DNR veterinarian Rachel Ruden is studying the impact of a viral fungal pathogen on the state’s rattlesnake population. “It affects snakes kind of broadly and the vipers, so things that include ...

A state famous for its prairies and cornfields, it’s easy to believe that Iowa makes a good home for snakes. Indeed, Iowa is home to 28 species of snakes. Furthermore, the vast majority of these ...

IOWA (KWQC) - Cooler temperatures and the changing of leaves mean fall for the Midwest, but for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, it means surveillance of Timber Rattlesnakes. The department ...

Iowa has 28 species of snakes, five of which are venomous. Snakes form a key part of the ecosystems they inhabit, helping to keep populations of mice, squirrels, other small animals and even insects ...