It turns out the human ear got off to a fishy start. Literally. A fascinating new study reveals that the mammalian outer ear ...

The middle ear of humans evolved from fish gills, according to a study of a 438 million-year-old fossil fish brain. Scientists discovered the fossil of the braincase of a Shuyu fish.

The fish's blood pH initially fell by 1.2 units, but after just a few hours their gills were able to correct this by bringing in bicarbonate ions from the surrounding water.

To investigate the fish-gill-ear question, the researchers, led by Crump’s then graduate student Mathi Thiruppathy, did some clever genetic transfer experiments. First, ...

After being swallowed alive, Japanese eels were able to escape from a predator fish’s stomach and swim to freedom through the fish’s gills, new research shows.

Scientists have traced the evolutionary origin of humans' outer ears to the gills of ancient fish through a series of gene-editing experiments. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Freshwater fish take up chemicals from the surrounding water through their gills Biologists have cast doubt on the long-held theory that fish gills evolved primarily for the purpose of breathing. The ...

Researchers have discovered that suspended sediment damages fish gills and can increase the rate of disease in fish. Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James ...

Some teenage Japanese eels have found a way to avoid becoming a fish’s next meal. Anguilla japonica eels can escape a predator’s stomach through the fish’s gills. Now, scientists are using X ...

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