Having spent more than seven years studying both the Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) and snake advocates, former Bronx zoologist and nature writer Ted Levin will present a portrait of the snake, its place in America’s history—and of the heroic efforts to protect it against habitat loss, climate change, and the human tendency to kill whatever we fear. Reading from his new book America’s Snake: The Rise and Fall of the Timber Rattlesnake, Levin discusses the joys and frustrations of befriending a venomous reptile. He takes us from labs where the secrets of the snake’s evolutionary history are being unlocked to far-flung habitats in locations that are fiercely protected by biologists and dedicated amateur herpetologists.
