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 ...

Why it's awesome: Labord's chameleons live fast and die young. They hold the record for the shortest lifespan of all tetrapods — they hatch, grow, mate and die in just four to five months. Labord's ...

Chameleons have built a pretty solid reputation on two commonly held beliefs: They can stealthily blend into their surroundings, and they are the ideal subjects for iconic '80s anthems. But it turns ...

Chameleons are famous for their ability to blend in, but contrary to popular belief, this isn’t why they are so colorful. Chameleons change color depending on their mood, and each color represents ...

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 ...

We’ve always been told that if you watch a chameleon closely behind any background, it flickers its colors and slips into invisibility mode. But boy, have we been wrong all along! Those mesmerizing ...

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 ...

Creatures like chameleons and cuttlefish can effortlessly change the colors and patterns of their skin to match their surroundings, but recreating that clever camouflaging trick on a robot required ...

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?