The Rattlesnake Conservancy

08/30/2026

Want to play mermaids to support rattlesnake conservation? 👀
Upgrade your GB4B General admission with the Sip, Dip, & Cruise excursion! 🌊🦈
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08/29/2026

Want to search for fossils to support rattlesnake conservation? 👀
Upgrade your GB4B General admission with the Fossils & Buzztails excursion! 🌊🦈
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08/29/2026

Congratulations Level 1 Venomous Handling Certification Course grads! 🐍🎓 We had a great time with the staff at the South Carolina Aquarium

08/29/2026

Rattlesnakes have an important role in the food web as both a predator and a prey item. Not only do they help control pest populations, but rattlesnakes and other types of snakes are a food source that other animals like birds of prey, wading birds, mammals, and even other snakes depend on!

Our Rangeland Wildlife Ecology Lab recently published a natural history note describing photographic evidence of a bobcat attacking an adult eastern diamondback rattlesnake recorded on the Range Cattle Research and Education Center property. The series of trail camera images captured the bobcat avoiding strikes, clawing the snake, and biting its tail, body, and head.

Bobcats are known to eat invasive Burmese python eggs and were suspected to kill adults. This observation adds to growing evidence that bobcats can attack large and even venomous reptiles, while highlighting how much we still have to learn about interactions happening between predators, often out of sight.

Read the full note here: https://doi.org/10.1656/058.025.0307

08/29/2026

Want to hunt ghosts to support rattlesnake conservation?! 👀
Upgrade your GB4B general admission with the haunted pub crawl! 👻🏴‍☠️
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08/28/2026

👀📢 TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW for our 10th annual Get Buzzed for Buzztails charity fundraiser - grab yours now! @ savethebuzztails.org/gb4b

🐍🍻 We can't wait to see you back at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm on October 17th for our tenth annual Get Buzzed For Buzztails charity fundraiser! Join us for an incredible an evening filled with craft breweries, hand picked wines and ciders, local food, a mini symposium, a live auction, raffle give away, a trivia tournament, a special film sneak peek, and incredible people from throughout the United States who are coming together to support wildlife conservation! A decade in the making, GB4B26 will be our biggest, boldest, and most unforgettable celebration to date!

PLUS, there's still time to upgrade your ticket with add on excursions and enjoy an amazing trip to sunny St. Augustine filled with exciting activities! From spooky ghost hunting in and around historic pubs, a guided interpretive hike of estuarine habitat home to many wildlife species, beachcombing for fossils, and our second annual sip, dip, and cruise - a boozy eco-adventure on the intracoastal waterway!

08/24/2026

It's Meet the Species Monday! This week's species is the western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox).

This southwestern rattlesnake species can get very large at up to about 7 feet long, though generally they are much smaller. They are generalist feeders and are important predators for rabbits, gophers, and other medium-sized mammals. The western diamondback rattlesnake occupies a diverse range of habitats from sea level to 7000 feet elevation.

ID Tips: This wide-ranging species can be found in the same areas as several other rattlesnake species, but they are quite unique. They can be gray, brown, or even pink. Their most distinctive features are a striped black and white tail with a black terminal band and many smaller scales between their eyes on top of their head. Their pattern closely resembles diamonds rather than just ovals. Have fun searching for diamonds!

Image by Court Harding

08/22/2026

Good morning, Arizona! 🐍✈️

08/21/2026

You asked for it, you got it! Respect the Local t-shirts are back in stock!! Grab yours now before they sell out again! 🐍👉savethebuzztails.org/store

Respect the Locals custom linocut artwork printed on high quality Next Level 3600 unisex crewneck made using premium 100% combed ringspun cotton that gives them a soft feel and modern fit!

This linocut design was handmade by Candacee White and is screen printed by Atlas Screen Printing. We're proud to support small artists and local businesses!