Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The human outer ear may ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists studying the ear bones in spring-run chinook salmon found out that the fish leave fresh water for the ocean at ...

Fossilized fish ear stones—known as otoliths—can reveal far more than previously thought. In a recent study, a team of paleontologists from the University of Vienna demonstrated that a refined ...

When saltwater fish long ago evolved to live in fresh water, many of them also evolved a more sophisticated hearing system, including middle ear bones similar to those in humans. Subscribe to our ...

Jaws drop when Kerryn Parkinson tells people she studies fish ear bones for a living. Her parents are amused by her work and her children's friends often give her a stern look and say, "Fish don't ...

We all have heard our share of fish tales, but did you know that how fish hear can tell a story of their lives? Truth be told, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National ...

Fossilized fish ear stones – known as otoliths – can reveal far more than previously thought. In a recent study, a team of palaeontologists from the University of Vienna demonstrated that a refined ...

As a marine biologist, I’ve always found it fascinating to learn about how animals adapt to their habitat. But climate change has made it more important than ever – wild animals’ futures may depend on ...

My goldfish hates when people tap on his tank. The tapping sound he hears in the water is loud and scary. I talked with my friend Rikeem Sholes about how fish hear. He’s a fish scientist who studies ...

WASHINGTON -- Listen up! Carbon dioxide being absorbed by the oceans is having a puzzling effect on fish: Their ears get bigger. Now, that doesn't mean you're going to reel in the Mr. Spock of the sea ...

Cassandra Brooks, assistant professor of environmental studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, was in the negotiating room when the Ross Sea in Antarctica became the world’s largest marine ...

To scientists studying fish, the bones in salmon ears are like a "travel journal." Yes, fish have ear bones, and yes, people study them. And what researchers have discovered from decoding the messages ...