Chameleons are nature’s masters of disguise, blending into their surroundings by changing the spacing between guanine nanocrystals in their skin. This trick alters the wavelengths of light their skin ...

Hiding in the lush greenery of Réunion Island, the caméléon endormi (literally “sleepy chameleon”) is a living jewel of nature. Originally from Madagascar, this fascinating reptile was introduced to ...

Chameleons have long fascinated humans with their ability to change color depending on their surroundings. But the real life reptiles now have a technological rival. Researchers from Seoul National ...

[Markus] has been teaching his daughter about animals using a big old animal encyclopedia. A few days ago, they stumbled upon the chameleon, and when he tried to explain its camouflage abilities, she ...

In a study published in Science Advances, Chinese researchers unveiled a material that can change color at a molecular level to match its surroundings, offering a new form of real-time adaptive ...

Mother Nature has already mastered the art of camouflage, so it only makes sense that we steal her ideas when it comes to the art of hiding. Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a ...

Just as a chameleon can instantly morph its skin color to match its surroundings, a new method of controlling crystals using light and chemistry could make clothing or cars change color on demand. The ...

Nature blessed chameleons with incredible powers of camouflage, as well as the ability to turn bright colors on command. New research shows that they possess an elaborate array of tiny crystals ...

Researcher Guoping Wang of Wuhan University, China, and a handful of collaborators 3D-printed a chameleon robot that changes colors in response to its environment, as spotted by New Scientist. The ...