Eastern Baltic cod grow to much smaller sizes than they did just 30 years ago, because overfishing altered their genes, ...

A big part of my plan for this summer is to spend more time fishing small streams with the goal of simplifying my fly fishing ...

Two new studies add to the evidence that human activity, from fishing to urban development, is driving the evolution of wild ...

Ear ringing, medically known as tinnitus, affects millions of people worldwide with sounds that range from subtle buzzing to loud, persistent noise that disrupts daily life. The phantom sounds can ...

Abu Dhabi: The UAE’s first active middle ear implant procedure has been successfully completed at a hospital in Abu Dhabi, offering new hope for patients with complex hearing loss. A 63-year-old ...

While researchers have long known that parts of the middle ear originated from fish jawbones, the outer ear has remained more mysterious– until now. “When we started the project, the ...

Here’s how it works. The human outer ear may have arisen from ancient fish gills.(Image credit: A. Martin UW Photography/Getty Images (left); Photographer, Basak Gurbuz Derman/Getty Images (right)) ...

Evolution is a master recycler. It often uses old structures (or ancient genes) for new jobs. The mammalian ear is a perfect example. Over the eons, the jawbones of our fish ancestors became three ...

"We had been studying the development and regeneration of the jawbones of fishes, and an inspiration for us was Stephen Jay Gould's famous essay 'An earful of jaw,' which laid out how fish jawbones ...

A fascinating new study reveals that the mammalian outer ear has its evolutionary roots in the gills of ancient fish. This surprising discovery sheds light on how structures can adapt over millions of ...

"While the middle ear arose from fish jawbones, the outer ear arose from cartilaginous gills. By comparing how the same gene control elements can drive development of gills and outer ears, the ...

"This work provides a new chapter to the evolution of the mammalian ear," said Crump. "While the middle ear arose from fish jawbones, the outer ear arose from cartilaginous gills.