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Thought Extinct, the World’s Smallest Snake Has Reappeared in Barbados—Nearly 20 Years After Its Last Sighting

After nearly 20 years of silence, the world’s smallest snake, Tetracheilostoma carlae, has been rediscovered in the forests of Barbados. This tiny, elusive creature, often described as being no bigger ...
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Feds warn this snake that feigns death could for real go extinct

The southern hognose snake commonly dies in traffic. The Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday reversed course and proposed listing the southern hognose snake as a threatened species, marking a big ...

World’s largest sea snake was a 12-metre giant that may have eaten sharks

For a long time, the idea of giant animals has mostly been tied to dinosaurs on land. Oceans feel different, quieter, even ...