The chameleon's uncanny ability to change color has long mystified people, but now the lizard's secret is out: Chameleons can rapidly change color by adjusting a layer of special cells nestled within ...

Creatures like chameleons and cuttlefish can effortlessly change the colors and patterns of their skin to match their surroundings, but recreating that clever camouflaging trick on a robot required ...

What a great question, Ikechukwu! It doesn’t have a simple answer, though: yes, chameleons do change color when they sleep, but we think it happens in a different way to when they’re awake. People ...

Animals of all kinds display unique characteristics and magnificent abilities. Hummingbirds can flap their wings 80 times per second; ants can carry up to 50 times their own weight; bats can quickly ...

We’ve always been told that if you watch a chameleon closely behind any background, it flickers its colors and slips into invisibility mode. But boy, have we been wrong all along! Those mesmerizing ...

3D printing technology has come a long way throughout the years, and its vast potential in the field of robotics was even more materialized when it was recently used to develop chameleon-like robots.

Chameleons are well known for their ability to change the color of their skin to blend in with their surroundings, send signals to one another, or to control their body temperature. Humans have long ...

Why and how do chameleons change color? asks Frank Yenna, a student in Hewlett, NY. In their just-hanging-out colors of brown to green, scientists say, chameleons are already well camouflaged in their ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. A ...

Chameleons can famously change their colors to camouflage themselves, communicate and regulate their temperature. Scientists have tried to replicate these color-changing properties for stealth ...

May 6 (UPI) --Scientists have created a new type of synthetic skin that uses luminogens and a bilayer structure to artfully alter its color in response to the environment. The new chameleon-like skin, ...