The Barbados threadsnake may be tiny, but it has made big news in the scientific world. This elusive little creature, listed ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

After nearly 20 years of silence, the world’s smallest snake, Tetracheilostoma carlae, has been rediscovered in the forests ...

It’s the smallest known snake in the world. The species had not been documented since 2005 and was considered “lost to ...

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

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

The world's smallest snake, averaging about 10 centimetres long and as thin as spaghetti, has been found lurking under a rock on the Caribbean island of Barbados. The new species, named ...