(See videos of chameleon tongue projections.) Stored in the lizard’s throat pouch is a tongue bone surrounded by sheaths of elastic, collagenous tissue inside a tubular accelerator muscle.

The blue rod visible inside the lizard’s throat is attached to the chameleon’s famously long tongue. A muscle called the lingual accelerator muscle surrounds the rod, and its contraction stores the ...

Chameleons are famous for their ability to blend in, but contrary to popular belief, this isn’t why they are so colorful.

They are the only lizards with zygodactyle feet, or pincers. These grasping feet are ideal for tree climbing. Chameleons also have an extremely extensile tongue. The tongue is used to snap up ...

A chameleon’s tongue is twice the length of its body on ... Parson’s chameleon which can reach up to 68cm. These enormous lizards have ridges running from above the eyes to the nose forming ...

When the chameleon launched its tongue, it would hit the glass, leaving some of its mucus behind ... Damman and colleagues showed—a fluid as viscous as honey. And with that sticky spit, the lizards ...

Chameleons, crocodiles ... The slow-moving lizard sits on ant trails to feed, picking off ants with its tongue as they walk by. This means they are often in the open and could be the perfect ...