The chameleon's exceptional tree-climbing ability is dependent on vital ball-and-socket joints in its wrists and ankles, according to new research. The study also finds that chameleons have twice the ...

Like us, chameleons have five digits on each of their hands and feet, but they’re bundled up with connective tissue, making the lizards look two-toed – or like they’re trying to do a Vulcan salute.

There’s no lizard like a chameleon—color-shifting, tree-climbing, eye-swiveling magic. Dive into the jungles of Madagascar with us and meet the first Malagasy herpetologist to lead groundbreaking ...

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

The Chapman’s pygmy chameleon, about the length of a golf tee, was first described in 1992 and not seen again in the wild by scientists until 2016. An estimated 80% of the rainforests of Malawi Hills, ...

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 ...