An apex predator “appeared suddenly” and jumped on a small dog as it was walking with its owners in a Colorado neighborhood, officials said.

When it comes to removing carbon pollution from the atmosphere and locking it away, we often think of trees, which are big ...

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

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

Scientists call them “living fossils,” creatures whose bodies resemble ancient ancestors recorded in stone. They’ve endured ...

The Barbados threadsnake, thought to be the world's smallest snake species, was 'rediscovered' in Barbados in March 2025, ...