The Rattlesnake Conservancy

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The Rattlesnake Conservancy "To advance the protection of rattlesnakes and their habitat through research and education."
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The Rattlesnake Conservancy is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to advance the protection of rattlesnakes, and their habitat, through research and education. To serve our mission, we participate in a wide scope of initiatives and projects including educational programs, work with landowners, scientific research, collaborations with zoos and other state and federal organizations, venomous handling training, and international grant funding. To read more about our organization, please visit us online at http://savethebuzztails.org

10/13/2026

Our Level 1 Venomous Handling Certification Course in Miami Nov 14-15 is almost full!! There's also a few seats left in our Level 2C: Intro to Venomous Snakes in Captivity November 21-22. Then keep an eye out for next year's dates, coming soon 👀
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Get Buzzed For Buzztails 2026! 🐍🍻🐊 is almost here, and registration is open now. Join us for the What’s the Buzz?! Mini...
10/13/2026

Get Buzzed For Buzztails 2026! 🐍🍻🐊 is almost here, and registration is open now. Join us for the What’s the Buzz?! Mini Symposium on October 17 to hear from our own Tiffany Bright of The Rattlesnake Conservancy.


Tiffany will be updating us all on the incredible work TRC has been doing the past year - and it is a lot!

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Get Buzzed For Buzztails 2026! 🐍🍻🐊 is almost here, and registration is open now. Join us for the What’s the Buzz?! Mini...
10/13/2026

Get Buzzed For Buzztails 2026! 🐍🍻🐊 is almost here, and registration is open now. Join us for the What’s the Buzz?! Mini Symposium on October 17 to hear from our own Tony Daly-Crews of The Rattlesnake Conservancy.

His talk, “Project Obscurus: Recovering the Federally Threatened New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake,” covers our work to bring this tiny, isolated population back from the edge. This includes exciting new fieldwork updates from the US and Mexico as well as progress in captive breeding from our zoo partners!

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Get Buzzed For Buzztails 2026! 🐍🍻🐊 is almost here, and registration is open now. Another reason to join us for the What’...
10/13/2026

Get Buzzed For Buzztails 2026! 🐍🍻🐊 is almost here, and registration is open now. Another reason to join us for the What’s the Buzz?! Mini Symposium on October 17: Michael Brennan of the University of Georgia.

Michael is a PhD student at UGA’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, where his dissertation on Jekyll Island’s Eastern Diamondbacks covers genetics, movement, natural history, and life history. His talk, “Movement Through the Ages: Novel Telemetry Methods on Neonatal and Adult Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes,” looks at how these snakes move and how new tracking methods are letting researchers follow them from birth through adulthood.

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Happy Meet the Species Monday!This week's species is the red diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber)! While this is not the...
10/12/2026

Happy Meet the Species Monday!

This week's species is the red diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber)! While this is not the typical angle we feature here for ID purposes, we couldn't resist sharing this amazing image! 🔥

This medium-sized rattlesnake can be found in the southwestern corner of California and south into Baja California including several islands. It inhabits elevations below 5000' and prefers rocky outcrops, hillsides, and coastal scrub habitats. The population on Isla San Lorenzo de Sur is known to lose its rattle after shedding frequently. About half of the population on this island may lack a rattle entirely. The mainland population, however, retains its rattle.

ID Tips: The red diamond rattlesnake's distinctive and bright red coloration develops as it ages from juvenile into adulthood. As adults, they can range in color from nearly gray to brick red. Their tails are distinctly black and white with black meeting the rattle. The range of this species and the western diamondback rattlesnake barely meet, but the red diamond rattlesnake, if more gray, will not have dark markings in its diamond pattern. The western diamondback has more dark coloration.

Image by © HUGO REDONA on iNaturalist, very lightly cropped for Instagram
Link to license for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

10/12/2026

Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake at sunset 💚

That head twitch! 🥹✨

Did you know that the venom of this particular snake has been used to save lives!? The drug eptifibatide was developed from a protein discovered in the venom of the Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake and helps prevent blood clots during heart attacks and other cardiovascular episodes. 💊⛑️

Buzzed For Buzztails 2026! 🐍🍻🐊 is almost here, and registration is open now. Don’t miss the What’s the Buzz?! Mini Sym...
10/12/2026

Buzzed For Buzztails 2026! 🐍🍻🐊 is almost here, and registration is open now. Don’t miss the What’s the Buzz?! Mini Symposium on October 17.

Dr. Eric Hileman of West Virginia University, leads the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake SAFE program. His talk, “From Isolation to Recovery: Restoring Habitat and Gene Flow for the Eastern Massasauga,” covers new research showing inbreeding and inbreeding depression in Michigan’s massasaugas, plus the ongoing work to help the species recover.

It’s a chance to hear directly from one of the leading researchers working on this threatened rattlesnake!! Don't miss it!

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👀📢 We are only one week away from our tenth annual Get Buzzed for Buzztails charity fundraiser! Grab your tickets now!🐍🍻...
10/11/2026

👀📢 We are only one week away from our tenth annual Get Buzzed for Buzztails charity fundraiser! Grab your tickets now!

🐍🍻 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! A decade in the making, GB4B26 will be our biggest, boldest, and most unforgettable celebration to date! You won't want to miss an evening filled with craft breweries, local food, a mini symposium, a live auction, raffle give away, a trivia tournament, and incredible people from throughout the United States who are coming together to support rattlesnake conservation!

Don't forget, 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 all weekend! 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 sip, dip, and cruise - a boozy eco-adventure on the intracoastal waterway!

Can't make it in person? You can still help raise funds for some of the world's most feared and misunderstood species by joining in on the ONLINE festivities from the comfort of your own home!

GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCEMENT!!We are giving away TWO general admission and TWO fossils and buzztails tickets for Get Buzzed For...
10/10/2026

GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCEMENT!!
We are giving away TWO general admission and TWO fossils and buzztails tickets for Get Buzzed For Buzztails 2026! 🐍🍻🐊 !!
Tag a friend you want to bring in the comments for a chance to enter. Each separate comment tagging a different person is an extra entry!

Giveaway ends Tuesday, get tagging!

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Check out these beautiful Timber Rattlesnakes! Photographs sent to us by Cory Franklin, Tennessee State Parks Ranger. If...
10/09/2026

Check out these beautiful Timber Rattlesnakes! Photographs sent to us by Cory Franklin, Tennessee State Parks Ranger.

If you want to support Timber Rattlesnake conservation, join Team Horridus in Battle of The Buzztails! 🐍⚔️🐍
All funds raised go to conservation projects for the winning species!
And now, an anonymous donor is matching donations up to $500 for Team Horridus so you can double your impact!!

Go to Givebutter.com/gb4b or click the link in our bio

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Jacksonville, FL
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