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

Animals of all kinds display unique characteristics and magnificent abilities. Hummingbirds can flap their wings 80 times per second; ants can carry up to 50 times their own weight; bats can quickly ...

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’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?

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 ...

Is there really anything cooler than watching a chameleon change colors as it moves along? Nope, there really isn't! Which is why I could watch this @National Geographic TV video on repeat...I just ...

Chameleons are perhaps the most well-known animals that have the ability to change color, but scientists didn't know exactly how it was done until now. Unlike other creatures that disperse pigments in ...

3D printing technology has come a long way throughout the years, and its vast potential in the field of robotics was even more materialized when it was recently used to develop chameleon-like robots.

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 ...