Chameleons are interesting animals not only because of their ability to blend in with their surroundings by changing their skin color, but also because of their zippy fast tongues, which are used to ...

Ramses V. Martinez, an assistant professor at Purdue University, and his students created this cover image. Chameleon tongue strikes inspired the team to create soft robots that catch live insects in ...

Chameleons have a super-slimy secret. Despite their size, these old-world lizards are vicious predators that hunt mice, grasshoppers, flies, birds and even other chameleons. And it's all thanks to ...

(Nanowerk News) Chameleons, salamanders and many toads use stored elastic energy to launch their sticky tongues at unsuspecting insects located up to one-and-a-half body lengths away, catching them ...

Chameleons are ambush predators that stay motionless and hidden until an ant or perhaps a smaller lizard comes within striking distance. They can capture prey weighing a third of their own body mass – ...

Chameleons have long intrigued humans, due in no small part to their funny eyes, their color-changing skin, and their whip-like tongues. When hunting, a chameleon will shoot its tongue out to ...

For more than a century, one small chameleon species sat in museum drawers and field notes, misread by the very science that sought to classify it. Only recently did a closer look at its vision and ...

Chameleons have the seemingly impossible ability to capture prey simply with the flick of their tongue, all while remaining motionless. This sensationalized predatory ability depends in part on a ...

Found in Tanzania's Usambara Mountains, Rhampholeon spinosus is a species of chameleon small enough to fit on a human thumb. But what it lacks in size it more than makes up for in the speed and power ...

Chameleons are vicious little predators. They hunt bugs, birds, mice, and even other chameleons using only one weapon: their tongues. New research shows precisely how good these weapons are: the tip ...

Scans reveal unique spiral optic nerves in chameleons, solving a 2,000-year-old mystery about how they move their eyes.

Hiding in the lush greenery of Réunion Island, the caméléon endormi (literally “sleepy chameleon”) is a living jewel of nature. Originally from Madagascar, this fascinating reptile was introduced to ...