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 ...

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 ...

Gene Simmons has a show-stopping demonic tongue wag. But it’s nothing compared to the tongue action of a panther chameleon. BBC Earth’s web series Earth Unplugged put the quirky chameleon in its ...

Acting a projectile, a chameleon’s tongue exits the mouth at such a high rate of speed that if you compared it to a car, it could travel from 0-60 miles per hour in 1/100 th of a second. You’ve ...

Chameleons have a super-slimy secret. Despite their size, these old-world lizards are vicious predators that hunt mice, grasshoppers, flies, birds and even other chameleons. And it's all thanks to ...

Chameleons have long intrigued humans, due in no small part to their funny eyes, their color-changing skin, and their whip-like tongues. When hunting, a chameleon will shoot its tongue out to ...

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 ...