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 ...

For nearly 150 years, herpetologists have recognized a quirky group of Madagascar chameleons by one unmistakable feature: a ...

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 -- ...

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, ...

BERLIN, Germany — 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 ...

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 ...

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, more than 7,000 animal species sit on the knife’s edge between existence and extinction. One such animal, the Chapman’s pygmy chameleon ...

Researchers have described a new chameleon species from the Bale Mountains of south-central Ethiopia and say it’s likely that more will emerge. Wolfgang Böhme’s Ethiopian chameleon is around 15 ...

Voeltzkow’s chameleon was recently rediscovered after disappearing for more than 100 years. According to an article from Forbes, this particular chameleon species had not been seen since 1913, causing ...

Scientists found a pregnant animal camouflaged like a “dead leaf” in a forest of central Africa and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Daniel F. Hughes Hiking in the mountains of the ...