The tiniest chameleons punch higher than their weight class, packing relatively more power into their tongues than their larger relatives. Small is mighty for these lizards, which can accelerate their ...

Chameleons are interesting animals not only because of their ability to blend in with their surroundings by changing their skin color, but also because of their zippy fast tongues, which are used to ...

Trioceros hoehnelii, one of the 20 chameleons whose tongues a researcher tested for speed Christopher Anderson via Brown University/Youtube.com Chameleon tongues are fast—they must be to snatch ...

Chameleons have to work fast to snag a cricket for their next meal. Fortunately, these little reptiles have some of the fastest and most powerful tongues of any kind of vertebrate -- and new research ...

Rhampholeon spinosus, a lumpy-nosed chameleon that can fit on the tip of your thumb, doesn’t exactly inspire awe at first sight. But don’t let its size fool you: in one respect, this little lizard is ...

Ramses V. Martinez, an assistant professor at Purdue University, and his students created this cover image. Chameleon tongue strikes inspired the team to create soft robots that catch live insects in ...

Chameleons can famously blend into a variety of different backgrounds, appearing as fresh moss in one setting or a bumpy twig in another. But they possess another incredible ability that has ...

A new study reports one of the most explosive movements in the animal kingdom: the mighty tongue acceleration of a chameleon just a couple of inches long. The research illustrates that to observe some ...

Imagine holding something that weighs nearly one-third as much as you do — with your tongue. Chameleons execute this impossible-sounding feat before every meal. Now scientists think they know how the ...

For creatures without opposable thumbs, chameleons are exceptionally good at reaching out and grabbing things. That’s thanks to their very special tongues. At one and a half times a chameleon’s body ...