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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

Today, the Caméléon Center Conservation is taking a new step forward in sharing its scientific work. From now on, you can follow the movements of the Parson’s chameleons being studied in the heart of the Vohimana Reserve in Madagascar directly on our website.

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

Over the years, our missions have multiplied, scientific monitoring has become more structured, and local collaborations have been strengthened. One thing has become clear: in order to sustain this momentum, CCC needed to have a permanent local operational presence. This has now been achieved with the official opening of the CCC representative office in Madagascar.

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.

Research work continues in the Vohimana Reserve! Since early November, Corentin Schürch, a Master's student in biology at the University of Neuchâtel, has joined our field team for three months of fieldwork dedicated to studying Parson's chameleon (Calumma parsonii parsonii).

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.

During the joint meeting of the taxonomic groups for reptiles and amphibians (ARTAG) of EAZA (European Association of Zoos and Aquaria), held at Allwetterzoo in Münster from 12 to 17 May 2025, Benjamin Drouet – veterinarian and member of the Caméléon Center Conservation team – presented the first results of our project on Parson's chameleon (Calumma parsonii).

Our team is launching a unique study on the microbiota of Calumma parsonii, between the rainforest and zoos.

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

With the help of local guides, over 200 chameleons were observed and measured, enabling data to be collected on their habitat, distribution

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

Our teams crossed the milestone of 2025 in the heart of the Vohimana reserve, surrounded by the luxuriant nature of Madagascar. A symbolic a