We’ve always been told that if you watch a chameleon closely behind any background, it flickers its colors and slips into ...

New research shows that chameleons also change to attract mates. Jan. 29, 2008 — -- Chameleons are famed for changing color to blend in with their surroundings and hide from predators -- but new ...

See the full article in National Geographic magazine's September issue. Scientists have long thought that chameleons change color when skin cell pigments spread out along veinlike cell extensions. But ...

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?

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 ...

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 ...

In mid-November 2020, a video supposedly showing a chameleon rapidly changing colors as it climbed a series of connected colored pencils went viral on social media. One posting of this video on TikTok ...

In dramatic new footage, a chameleon erupts in stunning colors while in the throes of death. Using time-lapse photography, researchers captured the colorful last few hours of the reptile's short life ...