Horse. Image by Openverse. Horse ears are remarkably mobile structures designed for both exceptional hearing and communication. Each ear contains ten muscles (compared to just three in human ears), ...

Clip-on or cuff earbuds are a great option for glasses-wearers or anyone who finds in-ear earbuds uncomfortable. These are the best ones we've tested.

Reconstructing auricular tissue is challenging because ear cartilage has few blood vessels and limited regenerative capacity. Traditional methods that utilize autologous costal cartilage or synthetic ...

We can’t move our relatively rigid human ears this dramatically. And yet, humans still possess ear-moving muscles, as those of us who can wiggle our ears on demand know.

How did human ears evolve? Writing in Nature, Thiruppathy et al. 1 report that many of the same genetic elements (genes and enhancers) are activated during the formation of human external ear ...

Humans Lost the Ability to Wiggle Their Ears 25 Million Years Ago, but Your Ear Muscles Still Try We still try to prick up our ears, scientists discover.

Humans actually have vestigial muscles that activate when listening closely to something, even though people lost the ability to really move their ears about 25 million years ago.

A mechanism that activates specific muscles in our ears is a leftover from our evolutionary past, back when our ancestors depended more on their hearing for survival.

It turns out the human ear got off to a fishy start. Literally.A fascinating new study reveals that the mammalian outer ear has its evolutionary roots in the gills of ancient fish. This surprising ...

Discover the fascinating evolutionary story behind the human outer ear, which evolved from fish gills. Learn how nature repurposes genetic blueprints.

This excludes many drugs that have been used for, or are currently in development for, inner ear therapy. On the other hand, it opens a vast array of less-studied, larger molecules, many of which ...

Experts believe this feat holds promise for those born with congenital ear abnormalities or who have lost an ear later in life due to injuries.