For more than two millennia, people have watched chameleons swivel their turreted eyes in different directions and wondered how such a small reptile pulls off a trick that seems to defy basic anatomy.

There’s plenty to marvel at about chameleons: the lizards with an astounding ability to match their skin color to their environment, in an impressive (and convincing) attempt to hide from predators’ ...

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Have you ever watched a chameleon in a nature video and wondered how each eye seems to ignore the other, as if two animals were sharing one head? A new study has finally shown what is hiding inside ...

Well known among nature's best tricksters for their ability to change color to fit their background, chameleons have yet another talent up their lizardly sleeves -- eyes that swivel around and appear ...

It turns out that chameleon eyes aren't as independent as had been previously thought, thanks to some really adorable research. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...

Scientists have discovered coiled optic nerves in chameleons, a trait not known to exist in any other lizard and one that is rare among all animals. Chameleons’ wandering eyes have fascinated and ...

There’s no lizard like a chameleon—color-shifting, tree-climbing, eye-swiveling magic. Dive into the jungles of Madagascar with us and meet the first Malagasy herpetologist to lead groundbreaking ...