Gene Simmons has a show-stopping demonic tongue wag. But it’s nothing compared to the tongue action of a panther chameleon. BBC Earth’s web series Earth Unplugged put the quirky chameleon in its ...

Ramses V. Martinez, an assistant professor at Purdue University, and his students created this cover image. Chameleon tongue strikes inspired the team to create soft robots that catch live insects in ...

(Nanowerk News) Chameleons, salamanders and many toads use stored elastic energy to launch their sticky tongues at unsuspecting insects located up to one-and-a-half body lengths away, catching them ...

Chameleons and salamanders snap out their tongues in the blink of an eye to snatch insects. Their tongues shoot out at speeds of up to 5 meters per second. Scientists have uncovered how the tongue ...

In this animation, an inductive coil gun fires a magnetic “tongue tip”, while the attached elastomer reduces impact force. The elastomer is attached to a string and is reeled back in by a motor ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract To capture prey, chameleons ballistically project their tongues as far as 1.5 body lengths with accelerations of up to $500 m s^{-2}$. At the ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Fossils of bizarre, armored amphibians known as albanerpetontids provide the oldest evidence of a slingshot-style tongue, a new Science study shows. Despite having lizardlike ...

Chameleons can reel in prey anywhere within two-and-a-half body lengths of their jaws. Their tongues can overcome even a bird's weight and reluctance to be eaten. How? Muscles that are unique among ...

Can you imagine living your life with a nose like the one on this rosette-nosed chameleon? While scientists aren’t sure why it evolved this unusual structure, many distinctive ornaments like this are ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Chameleons, salamanders and many toads use stored elastic energy to launch their sticky tongues at unsuspecting insects located up to one-and-a-half body lengths away, catching ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Chameleons, salamanders and many toads use stored elastic energy to launch their sticky tongues at unsuspecting insects located up to one-and-a-half body lengths away, catching ...