Chameleon Colors Reflect Their Emotions. When light hits a chameleon's skin, the cells appear different colors depending on the mood of the animal. By Patricia Edmonds.

Skin of many colors. Changing skin color is an important part of communication among chameleons. According to the San Diego Zoo, a chameleon's skin changes colors in response to its emotions, such ...

How Chameleons Change Color. About 40 percent of the 200-plus known chameleon species are found on the island of Madagascar. Most of the rest live on the African continent.

Panther chameleon Peatree's tie-dyed body is a little like a reptile mood ring that only has three colors: mad, territorial and "I'm in my cage" happy.

In mid-November 2020, a video supposedly showing a chameleon rapidly changing colors as it climbed a series of connected colored pencils went viral on social media. One posting of this video on ...