In lab tests, the researchers raised sea bass at different carbon dioxide concentrations and saw changes in the development of ear bones which help fish sense speed and direction. (scientificamerican.com)
HEAR HEAR DNA extracted from an inner ear bone of this dog skull is helping researchers decipher dogs» origin story. (sciencenews.org)
Now, researchers at the University of Bristol and the University of Lincoln, both in the United Kingdom, think they have discovered a mechanism in the ears of Copiphora gorgonensis, a species of katydid from the forests of Colombia, that rivals the middle ear bones in mammals. (sciencemag.org)