Tens of millions of years ago, our primate ancestors responded to noises in much the same way many other mammals do, pricking their ears and deftly turning them towards the sound's source.

Scientists call this feature a “neural fossil”. It’s a remnant of a system that once helped our ancestors pinpoint the ...

To test the functioning of the muscles, researchers recruited 20 people without hearing problems. They used electromyograph, ...

Learn more about the auricular muscles, which activate when we wiggle our ears, and apparently, when we listen to several ...

Summary: Humans have vestigial ear muscles that once helped our ancestors focus on sounds. New research shows these muscles still activate when we strain to hear in noisy environments. Scientists used ...

Most people think of ear-wiggling as a quirky trick, but new research suggests that human ears still attempt to move when focusing on sounds. While our ears appear static, scientists have discovered ...

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.

Evolution has largely deprived us of our ability to swivel our ears, but those vestigial muscles still activate when we ...

RFK Jr, diagnosed with spasmodic dysphonia, is in the news for his confirmation hearing as the United States Secretary of ...

Yale physicists uncover a new set of hearing modes in the human ear, revealing complex cochlear mechanics that enhance sound ...

People with Ménière’s disease have large amounts of fluid called endolymph collect in the inner ear. Researchers suggest that having high blood pressure may predispose a person to hearing loss.

Imagine hearing the familiar sounds of birds not from the lush rainforest, but from the void of deep space. This is what NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Satellites have astonishingly captured – ...