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 rattlesnakes specifically,” she says. “So they have seemingly worse outcomes than other types of snakes.” Ruden has been doing some testing of rattlesnakes. […]
2026 Iowa legislature begins four-month sprint
This year’s Iowa legislative session is underway, with Republicans in control of the House and Senate for the 10th consecutive year.
