The research, published this week in Nature, provides the first anatomical evidence of two distinctive inner ear structures used for processing bats’ echolocation signals. The study confirms ...

Our ear helps us to hear and to keep our balance. Each ear has three parts: the outer ear, middle ear and inner ear. The outer ear comprises the pinna (external ear flap) and auditory canal. The pinna ...

What defines a mammal? Well, to some researchers it's a few tiny ear bones. The fossil, called Liaoconodon hui, is a member of an early group of prehistoric mammals called the triconodonts, defined by ...

The ear is a physically complex sense organ, especially in mammals. Because some of the ear’s structure involves bones, much of the evolution of the ear can be followed through the fossil record. The ...

An international team of paleontologists has discovered a new species of mammal that lived in China's Liaoning Province 123 million years ago. This remarkably well preserved fossil offers important ...

Two major groups of bats that use echolocation have different structures for connecting the inner ear to the brain, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Chicago, the American ...