Almost half of the world’s chameleon species live on the island of Madagascar. This chameleon community is not only the world’s largest, it is also the world’s most unique; with 59 different ...

Chameleons are celebrated for their incredible ability to change color at will. Due to specialized cells in their skin, they ...

T he chameleon is a reptile and not an amphibian. They are a lizard species that belongs to the Reptilia class and is part of the suborder Iguania. Chameleons are described as old-world lizards ...

That refers to the lizards’ odd, slow gait—but also could be read as a plea to conserve the curious species and their home terrain. Even though chameleons have attracted attention for ...

Scouring the forests of Madagascar for 8 years with headlamps, researchers discovered four new species of miniaturized leaf chameleons (Brookesia) in Madagascar. The tiny animals, which are less than ...

Chameleons, crocodiles, snakes: reptiles are truly fascinating animals. There are over 10,000 discovered reptile species. Many of them existed during the dinosaur ages, millions of years ago - in ...

Herpetologists at the University of Munich discovered that many chameleon species have bony tubercles protruding from their skulls that glow blue under UV light. The researchers say this ornamentation ...