Conservationists feared the 10cm threadsnake, as thin as a strand of spaghetti, had become extinct
The world’s smallest snake has been rediscovered in Barbados, 20 years after its last sighting.
The Barbados threadsnake, which had been feared extinct, was rediscovered under a rock in the centre of the island during an ecological survey in March by the nation’s environment ministry and the conservation organisation Re:wild.
Search
Recent Research
Want your Blog Article featured on our website?
Research
Featured News
Edward McNabb, pioneer of conservation bioacoustics died on May 7, aged 81
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and
World’s first industry-wide climate mandate could be launched with shipping vote
This is Part 1 in a short series on efforts to decarbonize the global shipping
Queensland land clearing figures show state remains ‘deforestation capital of Australia’, conservationists say
Overall clearing was up 3%, with almost half in Great Barrier Reef catchment areas while
Strategies against deforestation across the Amazon Basin
The command-and-control approach to reducing or eliminating environmental wrongdoing depends on both carrots and sticks.
UN holds emergency talks over sky-high accommodation costs at Cop30 in Brazil
Concerns poorer countries could be priced out of negotiations in Belém as room rates soar
Countries failing to act on UN climate pledge to triple renewables, thinktank finds
Fossil fuel reliance likely to continue and Cop28 target of limiting global heating to below
Trump bids to scrap almost all pollution regulations – can anything stop this?
EPA tries to rescind ‘endangerment finding’ – part of ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda that experts
Ethiopia’s national tree campaign underway with aim to plant 700 million seedlings in one day
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia has launched a national campaign to plant 700 million