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

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Some scientists worried that the Barbados threadsnake had become extinct, but one sunny morning, Connor Blades lifted a rock in a tiny forest in the eastern Caribbean island and held his breath.

Some scientists worried that maybe the Barbados threadsnake had become extinct before it was rediscovered in March.

In a mountain forest of southeastern China, a “secretive” creature tucked itself under some dead leaves. Something nearby “disturbed” it, and it emerged from its hiding place. Nearby scientists ...

What happens when a species has not been seen by anyone for decades? Environmentalists think of these as "lost species." We do not know if they've gone extinct, or if it's simply that nobody has ...

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-known snake, the Barbados threadsnake, has been rediscovered after nearly two decades, sparking relief among scientists who feared it had become extinct. Its elusive nature, ...

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