In the study, the researchers quantified the color brightness of reptiles through image analysis ... insights into how species might react to changing environmental conditions.

Chameleons (Chamaeleonidae) are a source of wonder due to their remarkable ability to blend into the environment around them.

When temperatures drop, however, the reptile's skin takes on a dark brown ... set out to replicate that functionality in a color-changing liquid coating that could be applied to the roofs and ...

"[I thought], 'Maybe the skin can see its environment.'" Hogfish, octopuses and geckos are some of many color-changing animals that carry light-sensitive proteins called opsins that help them ...

Ancient reptiles evolved faster due to climate change, which caused mass extinctions in multiple species, a new study by researchers at Harvard University, University of Alberta and North Carolina ...