It's lined with mucous and helps regulate pressure around the eardrum so that sound waves can be transferred. Ears can vary, so what's considered normal anatomy of the inner or outer ear in one person ...

The temporal bones are two bony structures that shape the sides and base of the skull (cranium). They are located to the side of (lateral to) the temporal lobes of the brain’s cerebral cortex. The ...

Paleontologists in Brazil unearthed a remarkably preserved fossil of a bird species named Navaornis hestiae, dating back 80 ...

Summoning the lessons of the historian Xenophon, Alexander was said to have approached the horse tenderly and compassionately ...

In a new book, Chilean researcher Cristóbal Marín describes the exploitation and colonization suffered by the Fuegian ethnic ...

A mummified ice age cub discovered in Siberia is exceptionally preserved, providing the first view of what sabre-toothed cats ...

The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But ...

Every night, as I lay my head on my pillow, I pass my hand under my earlobe to smooth it out. It’s uncomfortable otherwise.

It was around 2005 that Simon Payne started hearing it. A strange, low, rumbling sound that travels through walls and floors ...

There was a distance of greater than one metre between a barrister and a man who was trespassing on his land when a fatal ...

A newly discovered dolphin species from 22 million years ago shows evidence of early echolocation, akin to modern dolphins' ...