Researchers have shown that the chameleon has a coiled optic nerve, which they believe allows the lizard to increase their ...
From Rango to the GEICO gecko and Mushu from Mulan, the lizards portrayed in movies and TV are absolutely adorable. You'll be happy to hear they're just as cute IRL. We found the seven cutest pet ...
ch. 1. Lizards and humans -- ch. 2. Physical characteristics and behavior -- Shape and size -- Skin and coloration -- Limbs and locomotion -- Eyes and vision -- Ears and hearing -- Smell and taste -- ...
Scientists looking into how chameleons are able to move their eyes nearly 360 degrees find out that they have long, coiled optic nerves.
Discover Magazine on MSN
In a Rare Biological Twist, Chameleons’ Optic Nerves Coil Like a Telephone Cord
Learn how coiled optic nerves, unlike any seen in other reptiles, give chameleons their extraordinary field of view.
Chameleons' wandering eyes have fascinated and puzzled scientists since the days of ancient Greece. Now, after millennia of ...
Chameleons have spiral optic nerves, CT scans and 3D modelling reveal. The discovery explains how the lizards can literally ...
The creature is small, somewhat furtive and green. Sometimes it’s brown. It has a voracious appetite for insects and spiders but is completely harmless to people. It clings to walls and screens and ...
They probably hid from feathered dinosaurs, only to end up stuck in redwood sap. The specimens come from Myanmar’s Kachin state and are thought to have lived in tropical forest. Each is embedded in ...
The Carolina anole (Anolis carolinensis), commonly called the green anole, is native to the United States and is the most common lizard found in Florida in both urban and rural areas. Some call it a ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results