Snakes have long fascinated human beings. They serve as potent symbols of wisdom, as well as warnings about nature’s cruelty.

Scientists have identified a critical component of the ear-to-brain conversion -- a protein called TMHS. This protein is a component of the so-called mechanotransduction channels in the ear, which ...

The ears on a South American rainforest katydid’s legs work nearly the same way human ears do, a new study has found, showing that animal groups as apparently unrelated as mammals and insects have ...

There's a reason people compare garbled voicemails to listening to someone talk underwater—our ears just aren't built for a watery world. But animals like whales and dolphins use sound all the time to ...

The behavior of the reticular lamina at the base of the cochlea, where amplification is most pronounced, remains unknown as no previous measurement method has been able to penetrate beyond the basilar ...