This story appears in the September 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. For sheer breadth of freakish anatomical features, the chameleon has few rivals. A tongue far longer than its body ...

These chameleons mainly hunt insects from ambush, sitting still, camouflaged in the trees, until an insect passes close by. Then the chameleon will shoot out its long, sticky tongue and pull the ...

Incredible tongue lengthA chameleon's tongue is a remarkable tool. It can be twice the length of its body and is capable of shooting out at incredible speeds to catch prey. The tip of the tongue ...

A chameleon’s tongue is twice the length of its body on ... Hopefully at some point a reptile expert pointed out that the chameleon shows its most dazzling colours when it is displaying to ...