The Meller's chameleon is the largest of the chameleons ... of stress and are very difficult to care for in captivity. In the wild, they can live as long as 12 years.

Their future in the wild, meanwhile, is far from certain. In Afrikaans, says Tolley, chameleons have two common ... and-burn agriculture destroying their habitats. The IUCN lists nine species ...

The charity’s conservationists will work to safeguard the tiny Nguru spiny pygmy chameleon, which blends in with the leaf litter and lower vegetation of its montane forest habitat in Tanzania ...

Small shrimps of the genus Hippolyte have the ability to change color to camouflage themselves in the algae where they live and escape predators. Depending on the algae they are in, they can turn red, ...