Chameleon Colors Reflect Their Emotions. When light hits a chameleon's skin, the cells appear different colors depending on the mood of the animal. By Patricia Edmonds.

Chameleons change color depending on their mood, and each color represents emotions such as anger, aggression, calmness, and sexual receptivity.

Believe it or not, this study is brand new – science did not know how a creature like the Panther Chameleon was able to change colors based on emotion or surroundings.

How Chameleons Change Color. About 40 percent of the 200-plus known chameleon species are found on the island of Madagascar. Most of the rest live on the African continent.

Chameleons are famous for their quick color-changing abilities. It's a common misperception that they do this to camouflage themselves against a background. In fact, chameleons mostly change color ...

Posted: Mar 10, 2015: The chameleon reorganizes its nanocrystals to change colors (Nanowerk News) Many chameleons have the remarkable ability to exhibit complex and rapid color changes during social ...

Chameleons are known for their colour-changing abilities. This is not just for camouflage. Nanocrystals and specialized cells control colour shifts. These shifts communicate emotions and attract ...

In mid-November 2020, a video supposedly showing a chameleon rapidly changing colors as it climbed a series of connected colored pencils went viral on social media. One posting of this video on ...

Regardless of how the Kapuas mud snake actually changes color, the find is an important one for conservation in Borneo, where some 361 new species of animals were discovered between 1994 and 2004.