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The wildcat with 20 ear muscles that move like radar dishes

Caracals move their ears in ways that seem almost impossible for a cat, and the secret behind that ability reveals just how ...
The Economist

Plants don’t have ears. But they can still detect sound

In 1986, when he was a mere prince, King Charles, Britain’s eco-minded monarch, told a television interviewer that it was important to talk to one’s plants. He was widely mocked. But that piece of ...
Phys.org

Sound-sensing hair bundles in our ears act as tiny thermodynamic machines

The hair cells lining the inner ear are among the most sophisticated structures in the human body: capable of detecting sounds as faint as a whisper, while helping to maintain our sense of balance.
Business Insider

Balloons detect mysterious sounds in the stratosphere below the human hearing limit. Scientists can't explain.

Daniel Bowman sends cell phones into the stratosphere aboard solar-powered hot-air balloons. You might be surprised what sounds they record up there. These balloons listen to the Earth from a dozen ...

How Barn Owls Use Mismatched Ears to Hunt in Total Darkness

Barn owls pull off something that seems almost impossible: striking prey with lethal accuracy in pitch-black darkness, guided ...