Chameleons have built a pretty solid reputation on two commonly held beliefs: They can stealthily blend into their surroundings, and they are the ideal subjects for iconic '80s anthems. But it turns ...

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

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 ...

In dwarf chameleons, evolutionary shifts in the capacity for color change are associated with increasingly conspicuous signals used in contests and courtship rather than by the need to match different ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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 ...

What a great question, Ikechukwu! It doesn’t have a simple answer, though: yes, chameleons do change color when they sleep, but we think it happens in a different way to when they’re awake. People ...

Today's blog post is for all you who are fascinated by science, how things work in the animal world and especially for the reptile lovers out there. We all know that chameleons change colors. They do ...

You’ve probably heard that chameleons change color to blend into their background in order to hide. But that might not actually be true. So what do they actually use this color-changing ability for?

A Furcifer pardalis (panther chameleon) sleeps in a tree in Madagascar. Curious Kids is a series for children in which we ask experts to answer questions from kids. Can chameleons change color when ...