Chameleons Use Colorful Language to Communicate
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 15:40
in Biology & Nature
To protect themselves, some animals rapidly change color when their environments change, but chameleons change colors in unusual ways when they interact with other chameleons. Arizona State University researchers have discovered that these color changes don't happen "out-of-the-blue" -- instead, they convey different types of information during important social interactions.