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Ben Jellen, an associate professor of biology at St. Louis College of Pharmacy, uses a radio receiver to track a copperhead snake at Powder Valley Nature Center. Jellen is leading the study, which aims to better understand copperhead biology. — Shahla Farzan/St. Louis Public Radio

September 09, 2019

This Scientist Spends His Time Hunting For Creatures Other People Flee — Snakes

Only a few of the more than 40 snake species in Missouri are venomous, including the one Ben Jellen is looking for: the copperhead.

A mural depicting the March 28, 1864 riot between between Union troops and Southern sympathizers in Charleston, Ill. — (Courtesy of the Charleston Riot 150th Anniversary Steering Committee)

March 28, 2014

Charleston Riot 150th Anniversary

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