The Barbados threadsnake may be tiny, but it has made big news in the scientific world. This elusive little creature, listed ...

It was Tetracheilostoma carlae, the Barbados threadsnake. It’s the smallest known snake in the world. The species had not ...

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

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — For nearly two decades, no one had spotted the world's smallest-known snake. Some scientists worried ...

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

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

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

"Barbados threadsnakes are blind snakes, so they're very cryptic," said Connor Blades, a project officer with the Ministry of Environment in Barbados who helped make the finding, in a statement.

“Barbados threadsnakes are blind snakes, so they’re very cryptic,” said Connor Blades, a project officer with the Ministry of Environment in Barbados who helped make the finding, in a statement.

World's smallest snake makes big comeback AFP AFP Jul 25, 2025 Updated Jul 26, 2025 Connor Blades The Barbados threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma carlae) was found hiding under a rock in central Barbados ...

But those fear were allayed by Connor Blades, a project officer with the Ministry of Environment in Barbados, one morning in March this year, while out searching a tiny forest in the eastern ...