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 ...

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

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.

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

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

For nearly 20 years, the world’s smallest-known snake, the elusive Barbados threadsnake, had disappeared from sight. Many scientists began to fear the worst.  They worried the tiny species, last ...

The Barbados threadsnake, the world's smallest snake, has been rediscovered after nearly two decades, having last been seen ...