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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.
Some scientists worried that maybe the Barbados threadsnake had become extinct before it was rediscovered in March.
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-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 ...
The Barbados threadsnake, the world's smallest snake, has been rediscovered after vanishing for nearly two decades, sparking ...
The Barbados threadsnake, thought to be the world's smallest snake species, was 'rediscovered' in Barbados in March 2025, ...