You won’t notice it, but when you listen hard enough, your ears — or at least the muscles around them — spring into action.

The auricular muscles, which enabled our distant ancestors to move their ears for better hearing, activate when people try to ...

Millions of years ago, our ancestors were able to move their ears to better capture sounds, much like dogs or cats. But with ...

An ear wiggler himself, Schröer has collected stories of remarkable ear abilities, such as people who feel their ears moving toward a sound and people who use their ear movements in daily life. “They ...

In almost every species, ear movement can be a clue that the animal is trying to pay close attention to something. When people are trying hard to listen to something, the body seems to do its best ...

Vestigial ear muscles activate during focused listening, revealing a hidden link to our auditory past and evolution.

Animals such as dogs and rabbits perk up or twitch their ears in response to sound. This movement focuses sound on the animal's eardrum, which is important for accurately identifying and ...

Summary: Humans have vestigial ear muscles that once helped our ancestors focus on sounds. New research shows these muscles still activate when we strain to hear in noisy environments. Scientists used ...

Ear infections, head injuries, and other issues can also cause dizziness. BPPV happens with certain head movements. People with BPPV experience paroxysmal, or sudden and short periods of vertigo.

NELL GREENFIELDBOYCE, BYLINE: While taking horseback riding lessons recently, Steven Hackley got this advice - pay close ...

When people are trying hard to listen to something, the body seems to do its best to "prick up its ears," even though this ability was lost by our evolutionary ancestors millions of years ago.