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The Caméléon Center Conservation has reached a significant milestone in the development of its scientific and educational approach: two students have just successfully completed their Master’s theses, which were carried out as part of our research and conservation projects in the Vohimana Reserve, in eastern Madagascar. These first degrees are a concrete illustration of one of the CCC’s fundamental pillars: training a new generation of researchers capable of working both

This month, the Caméléon Center Conservation is hosting three students from the Toulouse National Veterinary School – Lila Chopin, Charlotte Soto and Gabriel Salvy – for an internship focused on one of our most innovative projects: the Pinocchio Mission. This work forms part of the research programme dedicated to the Calumma pinocchio chameleon, a recently described species endemic to the Vohimana rainforest in Madagascar. Due to its extremely limited range and growing pre

Tracking wildlife is always a scientific challenge, particularly when it comes to reliably identifying individuals. For many species, tracking relies on the use of tags, marks or transponders. But what can be done when animals are too small to be fitted with such devices without risk? Artificial intelligence for non-invasive monitoring

The CCC is kicking off the year with the announcement of its very first new project for 2026: Mission Pinocchio, dedicated to the study and conservation of the Calumma pinocchio chameleon, a recently described species already considered one of the most emblematic of Vohimana in Madagascar.

Read our article on the "aux caméléons de Vohimana"  in Madagascar in the latest issue of Gecko magazine. Since 2023, this project has been led by Caméléon Center Conservation in partnership with Paris Zoo (National Museum of Natural History) and the NGO L'Homme et l'Environnement.

After four inventory sessions between 2023 and 2024, a fifth session has just started in the Vohimana reserve!

Last week, the Association Francophone des Soigneurs-Animaliers (AFSA) published its latest issue of the newsletter Le Tarsier, in which we

Two years ago, in partnership with the NGO L'Homme et l'Environnement and the Paris Zoo - MNHN, we embarked on an exciting project.

Chloé and Martin, our ecovolunteers, are on a mission to establish new scientific protocols ...

Watch the video presentation of our projects in the Vohimana reserve in Madagascar

We presented our project on the Vohimana chameleons at the official evening celebrating the 10th anniversary of the reopening of the Paris Z

This weekend in Germany sees the annual meeting of the DGHT working group dedicated to chameleon specialists.

Since January 2023, the Madagascan guides have walked several hundred kilometres through the reserve.

Many thanks to Reptile Systems for their donation of a UV meter!

Discover the press kit from the Parc zoologique de Paris Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle highlighting our projects among the ‘10 resear

Our second chameleon inventory campaign in Madagascar's Vohimana reserve is now underway!

Lucas, Valentin and Colin paved the way by taking part in the first eco-volunteering mission for the chameleon inventory project in the Vohi

Between January and April 2023, we carried out a series of 54 expeditions into the forest, covering 212 km of trails to observe and study th

Thank you to our scientific supervisor, Olivier Marquis, for presenting our project ‘Inventory and distribution of Vohimana chameleons in Ma

The reserve's guides have been trained and equipped for this mission, which will last for at least 3 months. We look forward to learning mor