The end of a pet’s life is always a sad event. Seeing them get older can be hard to watch, but there is beauty in the long lives they live. By the time our pets reach their last moments, many of them ...

The chameleon's uncanny ability to change color has long mystified people, but now the lizard's secret is out: Chameleons can rapidly change color by adjusting a layer of special cells nestled within ...

Chameleons are famous for their ability to change color, but they don’t do it simply to blend into whatever background ...

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 ...

A paper has been published this week in Nature Communications which shows how chameleons are able to swiftly and radically alter their exterior colors. Believe it or not, this study is brand new – ...

Taking inspiration from nature, UC Berkeley engineers have created an ultra-thin film that can shift colors as easily as a chameleon’s skin when pulled or twisted. The thin-skinned material could be ...

Chameleons are famous for their ability to change color, but they don’t do it simply to blend into whatever background they’re sitting on. Instead, their color shifts are controlled by special pigment ...

Scientists studying chameleon skin have discovered the secret to the lizards’ color-changing prowess: Rather than relying purely on pigments, the animals use photonic nanocrystals in their skin to ...