Muscles only believed to be used to wiggle our ears actually enable people to listen more intently, reveals new research.

A study shows that vestigial ear muscles activate when humans listen intently, mirroring how animals move their ears to ...

“The exact reason these became vestigial is difficult to tell, as our ancestors lost this ability about 25 million years ago, ...

Sound plays a significant and often poignant part of skateboarders' relationship with their sport, a new study published in ...

“Almost nobody [in the study] had the ability to voluntarily move their ears, so our results are not related to a person’s ...

India doubled its tiger population in a little over a decade by protecting the big cats from poaching and habitat loss, ...

The prevalence of hearing dysfunctions across the US and other countries calls for an immediate solution that can naturally ...

BEING ill often leaves us so exhausted all we want to do is collapse into bed. But sleep can remain elusive once we’re ...

A mechanism that activates specific muscles in our ears is a leftover from our evolutionary past, back when our ancestors depended more on their hearing for survival.

Crab season is finally open, after an almost two-month delay, and KGW’s Grant McOmie came to Astoria with his program, “Grant’s Getaways.” This episode, about Oregon Coast crabbing, provides a look at ...

We have been seeing and getting reports of sea cherubs washing ashore,” the Seaside Aquarium posted on Facebook. “Sea cherubs (Cliopsis krohni) are highly specialized sea slugs that spend their whole ...

Researchers call for routine hearing assessments in patients with RA due to diminished hearing often being underdiagnosed in this patient population.