A new study details an efficient and scalable method to generate human inner ear hair-like cells in the lab, potentially offering a new tool for hearing loss research.

While humans can regularly replace certain cells, like those in our blood and gut, we cannot naturally regrow most other ...

Researchers have demonstrated that a genetic switch for organ regeneration exists, after restoring damaged outer ears in mice ...

Firstly, and perhaps crucially, the folds in the pinna assist in determining the direction of sound (localization). This ...

Chinese scientists who discovered a 'genetic switch' that restored damaged mice ear tissue say their research could one day ...

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), ...

Because the ear pinna is a uniquely mammalian structure and varies widely in its ability to regenerate across species, Weifeng Lin and colleagues argue that it makes an ideal model for studying ...

It’s evolutionary biology. In a fascinating new discovery, scientists have found evidence suggesting that the flexible outer part of human ears may have evolved from the gills of ancient fish.

Look at the ears of some non-human primates and you’ll see a feature at around the same curvature of the ear, only it's much more pronounced.

In tadpoles, both human ear and fish gill enhancers showed activity in their gills. In lizards, a related program was active in a small bone-like structure in their middle ears.

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.