Chameleons are famous for their ability to blend in, but contrary to popular belief, this isn’t why they are so colorful.

(See a video Milinkovitch’s team made of a panther chameleon color change.) At age seven, Nick Henn got his first chameleon. Twenty years later the hobbyist and breeder keeps as many as 200 of ...

“People generally assume that color change in chameleons is well understood, and I don’t think it is at all,” said Randall Morrison of McDaniel College in Maryland who was not involved with the study.

The Panther Chameleon is famous for its color-changing abilities, but its eyes are just as remarkable. Each eye can move ...

Chameleons are celebrated for their incredible ability to change color at will. Due to specialized cells in their skin, they can adapt their coloring to absorb heat, reflect sunlight, and ...

Scientific American reports that a recent study has outed the secret of how chameleons change the color of their skin. According to the report, chameleons have a layer of special cells that they ...