Why it's awesome: Labord's chameleons live fast and die young. They hold the record for the shortest lifespan of all tetrapods — they hatch, grow, mate and die in just four to five months. Labord's ...

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 ...

Talk about inspo. The chameleon, a lizard known for its color-changing skin, is the inspiration behind a new electromagnetic material that could someday make vehicles and aircraft “invisible” to radar ...

Chameleons are some of the most brilliantly colored animals on the planet. But how did they evolve the ability to change color? Scientists used to believe that chameleons changed color by spreading ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Devi Stuart-Fox is an evolutionary biologist ...

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