A snake so small it could be mistaken for a worm has been spotted in Barbados, nearly two decades after it was thought to ...

No one had spotted the world’s smallest known snake for nearly two decades. Some scientists worried that maybe the Barbados ...

I was making a joke and in my head I said, ‘I smell a threadsnake,'” Justin Springer, Caribbean program officer for the NGO ...

The Barbados threadsnake – the world's smallest snake – has been rediscovered after nearly two decades. This elusive, blind ...

The world’s smallest snake has been rediscovered after being lost to science for nearly 20 years. The Barbados threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma carlae), was rediscovered under a rock in central Barbados ...

The world’s smallest snake has been rediscovered after being lost to science for nearly 20 years. The Barbados threadsnake ...

Peruvian scientists have identified three new-to-science frog species in the Andes, highlighting the mountains’ wealth of biodiversity, according to a recent study. The three species have been ...

5. Smalleye Pygmy Shark The smalleye pygmy shark (Squaliolus aliae) is next in the order of the smallest sharks in the world, and this tiny shark is the first to reside solely in the Pacific Ocean.

Researchers in Coahuila, Mexico have discovered the world’s smallest freshwater snail, officially named Microphreatus saltillensis, in Los Chorros park.