WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Chameleons, salamanders and many toads use stored elastic energy to launch their sticky tongues at unsuspecting insects located up to one-and-a-half body lengths away, catching ...

Ramses V. Martinez, an assistant professor at Purdue University, and his students created this cover image. Chameleon tongue strikes inspired the team to create soft robots that catch live insects in ...

Chameleons have long intrigued humans, due in no small part to their funny eyes, their color-changing skin, and their whip-like tongues. When hunting, a chameleon will shoot its tongue out to ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Chameleons, salamanders and many toads use stored elastic energy to launch their sticky tongues at unsuspecting insects located up to one-and-a-half body lengths away, catching ...

FORGET flypaper – why not catch pesky bugs chameleon-style, with the flick of a robot tongue? Alexis Debray, an engineer at Canon in Tokyo, Japan, has created an appendage that mimics the astonishing ...

(Nanowerk News) Chameleons, salamanders and many toads use stored elastic energy to launch their sticky tongues at unsuspecting insects located up to one-and-a-half body lengths away, catching them ...

Watch a chameleon tongue lash out and catch a bug in slow motion. I didn't think chameleons could look even cooler than they already do, but this video reveals the fascinating way a chameleon tongue ...

Chameleons are interesting animals not only because of their ability to blend in with their surroundings by changing their skin color, but also because of their zippy fast tongues, which are used to ...