The Secret to How Chameleons Change Color: Nanocrystals
by Neel V. Patel from on (#4RFG)
As every grade-school kid will confirm, chameleons are special because they can change color. But how these little critters pull off their magic act has always been a little fuzzy. For a long time, scientists thought the color change-which only occurs in males-was controlled by pigment-containing organelles. But it turns out the mechanism actually has more ["]
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