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

A snake believed to be extinct for nearly two decades and small enough to be mistaken for a worm has been rediscovered in

A tiny, elusive snake species that hadn’t been documented for nearly 20 years has been rediscovered in Barbados. Scientists were thrilled to find an individual Barbados threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma carlae) under a rock while conducting an ecological survey earlier this year,