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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

For nearly two decades, no one had spotted the world’s smallest-known snake. “After a year of searching, you begin to get a ...

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

It’s hard to believe. That’s exactly how it felt. You try not to hope too much, but when you do find it, it is astonishing.” ...

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