A mature Barbados threadsnake on a US quarter. Credit: Blair Hedges, Penn State Conservationists in Barbados have confirmed the rediscovery of the...

Conservationists feared 10cm threadsnake as thin as a strand of spaghetti had become extinct

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

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

In the last few decades, biobanks have increasingly been used as a tool for conservation. ......

In the last few decades, biobanks have increasingly been used as a tool for conservation. ......

Beneath the scales of Australia’s iconic monitor lizards lies a secret no one expected—bony armor hidden in their skin. In a sweeping global...

A Reagan-appointed judge who has presided over litigation involving red wolves since the 1990s seemed open to their reclassification as an "essential"...

<p><em>Melanie Beasley for The Conversation</em></p><p>Indiana: Scientists long thought that Neanderthals were avid meat...