We all know what chameleons are capable of: changing into a variety of colors to match their surroundings. They're one of the animals that are so well camouflaged you'd never see them right in ...

“People generally assume that color change in chameleons is well understood ... the tunable photonic crystals is a new way to look at physiological color change in animals.” Michel Milinkovitch of the ...

At its core, a chameleon’s color-changing ability is all about survival. It helps them stay hidden, regulate their temperature, and interact with other animals in their habitat. Furthermore ...

To keep the animals from riling each other ... and safely flee from dominant individuals.”) Though all chameleons change color, some species don’t change dramatically enough to cow observers.

How Animals Change Color The chameleon is only one of many creatures that possess special cells for this purpose. Notable among the others: the catfish, the flounder, the tree toad, the squid and man ...

As with all chameleons, Meller's will change colors in response to stress and to communicate with other chameleons. Their normal appearance is deep green with yellow stripes and random black spots.

Labord’s chameleon is unlike any other chameleon on Earth. Essentially, its entire species dies off every year!