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

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — For nearly two decades, no one had spotted the world's smallest-known snake. Some scientists worried ...

First spotted in 1889, the Barbados threadsnake is the smallest known species of snake in the world. When fully grown, it’s ...

The world's smallest-known snake, the Barbados threadsnake, has been rediscovered after nearly two decades, sparking relief ...

The world's smallest snake has reemerged from hiding after nearly two decades.

Until this spring, the world's smallest species of snake was considered lost to science, and quite possibly extinct — until ...

The Barbados threadsnake, thought to be the world's smallest snake species, was 'rediscovered' in Barbados in March 2025, ...

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

The world's smallest snake has been rediscovered in Barbados almost 20 years after its last sighting.During an ecological ...

The Barbados threadsnake, the world's smallest snake, has been rediscovered after vanishing for nearly two decades, sparking ...

It’s hard to believe. That’s exactly how it felt. You try not to hope too much, but when you do find it, it is astonishing.” ...

The world’s smallest snake was rediscovered in Barbados after 20 years, sparking urgent conservation efforts to protect its fragile habitat.