The genes that build the cartilage of fish gills were repurposed to build the cartilage in mammals’ outer ears ...

Two new studies offer insights into the evolution and development of external ears, which appear in humans and other mammals ...

A structure that allows sound information to be processed extremely fast has been identified in bats' brains. Researchers were able to analyse the echo-locating animals' neurones as they caught ...

and the lump-nosed bat, its appearance is defined by a pair of outsize ears and a lump-adorned nose. These bats, whose bodies are normally less than 4 inches long, have ears that extend more than ...

When bats can't hear, new research finds that these hearing-dependent animals employ a remarkable ... Disabling this brain region isn't like plugging your ears; it's preventing most auditory ...

The ears of this species are long ... There are no documented predators of this species. It is likely the same animals that prey upon the little brown bat also take Keen’s myotis.