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

Hidden in plain sight for nearly 20 years, a thread-thin snake once feared lost to science has reappeared in Barbados.The ...

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

The Barbados threadsnake was previously featured on a list of 4,800 plant, animal and fungi species described as ‘lost to ...

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

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

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 snake, the Barbados threadsnake, has been rediscovered after nearly two decades during an ecological survey in central Barbados. Measuring just 10 cm, this rare blind snake had ...

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

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Durante casi dos décadas, nadie había avistado a la serpiente más pequeña del mundo que se conocía. Algunos científicos temían que la serpiente hilo de Barbados se hubiera ...

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

Some scientists worried that the Barbados threadsnake had become extinct, but one sunny morning, Connor Blades lifted a rock in a tiny forest in the eastern Caribbean island and held his breath.