Danish artist Thomas Dambo creates giant wooden trolls from recycled materials to promote environmental awareness.

According to new CT scans and models, parts of the 140,000-year-old skull resemble those of modern humans, while the jaw appears to be more similar to those of our extinct relatives ...

There's a chance you've seen people wiggle their ears and thought it's a neat trick. But that's actually the result of many ...

Scientists have created a more efficient and controlled way to produce lab-grown inner ear hair cells than current methods ...

Rats can be cute, and we have all the proof right here. Dumbo rats are some of the most adorable rodents out there and people ...

Researchers believe the creature is likely to be a new species of Grimpoteuthis, or "Dumbo octopus," a genus of deep-sea umbrella octopuses named for their fins, which resemble the ears ...

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.

Research conducted at the University of Saarland in Germany has found that humans also have the ability to move their ears in response to sound.

The deepest known sighting of an octopus has been captured on film, more than a mile deeper than the previous reliable sighting. The observations of the creature, captured at almost 4.3 miles down ...

How did human ears evolve? Writing in Nature, Thiruppathy et al. 1 report that many of the same genetic elements (genes and enhancers) are activated during the formation of human external ear ...

Wiggling your ears might be more of a pub party piece than a survival skill, but humans still try to prick up their ears when listening hard, researchers have found. Ear movement is crucial in many ...