"We had been studying the development and regeneration of the jawbones of fishes, and an inspiration for us was Stephen Jay ...

A big part of the job for the seven technicians employed at the Nanaimo aging lab is studying rockfish. Some of most common ...

But fish do indeed have ears – inner ear organs that are sensitive to how deep and how fast they're swimming. And in a scientific twist, Parkinson, a research officer with UTS, can determine the life ...

The ear bones allowed them to determine the age of the fish as well as which rivers they came from. The Kobuk and Selawik Rivers each have unique chemical markers that can be found by studying the ...

Have you ever wondered how the delicate structures hidden deep within your ears first came to be? It’s astonishing to think ...

Scientists have traced the evolutionary origin of humans' outer ears to the gills of ancient fish through a series of gene-editing experiments.

It builds on previous research that suggests the jaw bones of ancient fish evolved into the three inner ear bones that mammals have today.

The mammalian ear is a perfect example. Over the eons, the jawbones of our fish ancestors became three separate small bones that transmit sound waves from the eardrum to the inner ear.

All bony fish have small calcareous structures in their inner ear called otoliths, or ear bones, which perform balance and hearing functions. Otoliths perform balance and hearing functions.

Not all fish have bones — sharks have skeletons made of cartilage — and only bony fish form fish rings. Black extracts the otolith, an ear stone or ear bone, to study the rings.

They look like modern artworks but fish ear bones are being used to gain a better understanding of aquatic life and ocean stocks.

The Indian Institute of Science has said that its researchers have identified a way to estimate ancient seawater temperature by probing tiny bones in the ears of fish. Oceans cover three quarters ...