Chameleons have built a pretty solid reputation on two commonly held beliefs: They can stealthily blend into their surroundings, and they are the ideal subjects for iconic '80s anthems. But it turns ...

What a great question, Ikechukwu! It doesn’t have a simple answer, though: yes, chameleons do change color when they sleep, but we think it happens in a different way to when they’re awake. People ...

You never forget your first diorama, especially when it’s interactive. Although admittely a bit late to celebrate Erntedankfest (Germanic Thanksgiving), [Markus ...

Chameleons, famous for shifting colors to blend into their natural surroundings to avoid predators, may also be using their chromatic superpowers for a totally different reason: To win fights. This ...

What drove the evolution of color change in chameleons" Chameleons can use color change to camouflage and to signal to other chameleons, but a new paper published in the open-access journal PLoS ...

Chameleons have long fascinated humans with their ability to change color depending on their surroundings. But the real life reptiles now have a technological rival. Researchers from Seoul National ...

You’ve probably heard that chameleons change color to blend into their background in order to hide. But that might not actually be true. So what do they actually use this color-changing ability for?

Controlling color Chameleons change color by contracting and relaxing certain cells in their skin that contain either crystals or pigments. The crystals are colorless or slightly yellow, but by lining ...