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’ ...

For the first time, researchers have captured the chameleon’s coiled optic nerve using contrast enhanced computed tomography. Chameleons’ wandering eyes have fascinated and puzzled scientists since ...

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 ...

Time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. And we have the show's two hosts here, Regina Barber and Emily Kwong. Hello. REGINA BARBER, BYLINE: Hey. EMILY KWONG, ...