Changing skin color is an important part of communication ... from many reptiles because some of the species, like the Jackson’s chameleon, have live births. These species can give birth to ...

Contrary to a widely held belief—bolstered by the likes of Disney’s Tangled, which co-stars a chameleon named Pascal—these enigmatic lizards cannot transform the color of their skin to match ...

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.

The chameleon's uncanny ability to change color has long mystified people, but now the lizard's secret is out: Chameleons can rapidly change color by adjusting a layer of special cells nestled ...

A male panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) photographed in Madagascar. A male panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) photographed in Madagascar. Copyright by Michel ...

Scientists in search of the key to chameleons’ incredible color-changing ability say they’ve found the answer: a lattice of nanocrystals beneath the lizards’ skin that reflect different ...

Chameleons are famous for their quick color-changing abilities. It's a common misconception that they do this to camouflage themselves against a background. In fact, chameleons mostly change color ...