Science
Four Chameleons Named, Zero Habitats Protected Yet
Sunday, June 28, 2026 Edition
Scientists discovered four new chameleon species in Madagascar's isolated mountaintop ecosystems, naming two after female pioneers. The real story: they found them just in time to watch them disappear.
Four species identified in sky islands—isolated mountain peaks separated by lowland forest.
Species exist nowhere else on Earth, found in fragments smaller than 50 square kilometers.
Naming after female scientists masks the deadline: habitat loss accelerates faster than taxonomy.
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