Chameleons are the most famous color-changing animals, but there are plenty of other animals that possess this talent.

#5 Animals That Change Color: Seahorse — Wearing Their Hearts on Their Skin There are 43 recognized species of seahorse , but they all have in common the ability to change their color on a whim.

Quantifying animal color has been a longtime goal of evolutionary biologists, who aim to understand how color evolved over time—and the physical and genetic mechanisms involved. Ultimately ...

How Animals Change Color The chameleon is only one of many creatures that possess special cells for this purpose. Notable among the others: the catfish, the flounder, the tree toad, the squid and man ...