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

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

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

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 reemerged from hiding after nearly two decades.

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

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

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

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

McDiarmid said the Barbados creature is a type of thread snake, also called worm snake, which are mostly found in the tropics. "We really know very little about these things," he said in a Sunday ...

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

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