Evolution has left humans with many vestigial traits—remnants of once-useful biological features that serve little or no modern purpose. One such example is the muscles around our ears, which in ...

The air pressure balance between the middle ear and outside environment is critical for our ears to properly function.

Ear muscle we thought humans didn’t use — except for wiggling our ears — actually activates when people listen hard The auricular muscles, which helped our distant ancestors move their ears ...

One in four older adults report unintentionally falling every year, leading to an increase in death for those 65 and older, ...

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

Though human ears are comparatively simple, our brains still have to adjust and re-learn how to identify the source of a sound when our outer ears are altered.

Thousands of years ago, our ears were attuned to the subtle sounds of our environment: the rustle of leaves from nearby prey, the growl of an approaching predator, the rumble of a distant storm ...

“Cover your ears!” How cold weather affects hearing Media contact: Micah Hardge Written by: Teresa Hicks Media contact: Micah Hardge Click image to enlarge. Graphic by: Jody Potter As temperatures ...