The team notes that the island rule doesn’t apply to many lizards, and the nano-chameleon’s habitat—inland in a high-altitude montane rainforest—may not precipitate such dwarfism. Scherz ...

Six new species of pygmy chameleon have been described from Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains. The mountain forests are subject to intense human pressure, threatening the diverse plant and animal ...

The charity’s conservationists will work to safeguard the tiny Nguru spiny pygmy chameleon, which blends in with the leaf litter and lower vegetation of its montane forest habitat in Tanzania ...

Until early 2022, there were 19 described species of chameleons in South Africa. That number has now changed, ... grasslands, savannah, montane forests, fynbos, renosterveld or Karoo scrub.

Chameleons, like Nadzikambia ... “Encouraging conservation of the South East Africa Montane Archipelago is paramount as it’s clear we’ve only begun to scratch the surface of what we can ...

Chameleons are celebrated for their incredible ability to change color at will. Due to specialized cells in their skin, they can adapt their coloring to absorb heat, reflect sunlight, and ...