Genetic and morphological studies revealed two new chameleon species. One of them with a very long nose finally receives the ...

A new study shows that Madagascar’s “nose chameleons,” once confused as one species, are actually three distinct and rapidly ...

For more than a century, one small chameleon species sat in museum drawers and field notes, misread by the very science that ...

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A species of chameleon that’s been lost to science for over a century has now been found. Voeltzkow’s chameleon, or Furcifer voeltzkowi, was rediscovered during a research expedition to Madagascar, ...

It fits on a human fingertip, but this chameleon could make a big splash. Scientists from Madagascar and Germany say a newly discovered species of chameleon is a contender for the title of world’s ...

Researchers discovered a chameleon less than an inch long in northern Madagascar. In a new study, herpetologists suggest this "nano-chameleon" is the world's smallest known reptile. A male ...

Its ancestors once tromped the planet tens of millions of years ago as indisputable kings, but the recently discovered nano-chameleon is no larger than a sunflower seed. An expedition team stumbled ...

A chameleon species not seen in a over a century was spotted by researchers in Madagascar. A group of scientists from the Bavarian Natural History Collections (ZSM) in Germany tracked down the rare ...

Feb. 1 (UPI) --The body of the nano-chameleon, a new species discovered in Madagascar, measures just over a half-inch in length -- with its tail, the male chameleon measures just less than an inch -- ...

In 1913, Voeltzkow’s chameleon (Furcifer voeltzkowi) disappeared from the wild, never to be seen in its native Madagascar again. But now, more than a century after scientists thought they had long ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. Chameleons are known for their hide-and-seek prowess, but one species, Voeltzkow’s ...