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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chameleons are celebrated for their incredible ability to change color at will. Due to specialized cells in their skin, they can adapt their coloring to absorb heat, reflect sunlight, and communicate ...

Inspired by chameleons and other colorful animals, researchers at the the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology have developed a way to 3D ...