Scientists have rediscovered the Barbados threadsnake, the world’s tiniest snake, after it went missing for over two decades.

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 ...

A RECORD-breaking snake lost to science for nearly two decades has finally resurfaced on the island of Barbados. The Barbados ...

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

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

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 reemerged from hiding after nearly two decades.

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

It was Tetracheilostoma carlae, the Barbados threadsnake. It’s the smallest known snake in the world. The species had not ...

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