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

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

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 ...

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

A tiny, elusive snake species that hadn’t been documented for nearly 20 years has been rediscovered in Barbados. Scientists ...

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

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

Two men in Barbados shared with the world that they had rediscovered the rare threadsnake. News of the snake's return creeped ...

Measuring just 8cm to 10cm when fully grown — tiny enough to almost fit on a US quarter coin — the Barbados threadsnake is ...