First spotted in 1889, the Barbados threadsnake is the smallest known species of snake in the world. When fully grown, it’s ...

For nearly 20 years, the world’s smallest-known snake, the elusive Barbados threadsnake, had disappeared from sight. Many scientists began to fear the worst.  They worried the tiny species, last ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

FWC said this time of year is ideal for holding the Python Challenge because hatchlings are emerging from eggs.

It wasn't on Cape Cod, but the copperhead snake bit two dogs in Massachusetts outside its usual habitat. Here's how to identify it.

A woman in Oconee County, South Carolina, was taking out her dog when she was bit by a copperhead snake - and it was all caught on camera.