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 communicate ...

This story appears in the September 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. For sheer breadth of freakish anatomical features, the chameleon has few rivals. A tongue far longer than its body, ...

Clashing with popular belief and most cartoon depictions of chameleons, these lizards can’t change the colors of their skin to match a chess board or flowery wallpaper or just any background. This ...