While his little legs have been bred to be extra short for hunting in narrow caves underground, Dachshunds' ears are extremely large and floppy. When running and jumping around wildly, they regularly ...

I hadn’t realized how fully you could know a particular dog — how I would be able to decode the rise of his ears, the tilt of his head, the tone of a bark. I hadn’t known how wholeheartedly ...

If you can wiggle your ears, you can use muscles that helped our distant ancestors listen closely. These auricular muscles helped change the shape of the pinna, or the shell of the ear, funneling ...

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.

When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn More Dogs have some of the most expressive ears in the animal kingdom, and no two breeds are exactly alike. From tall ...

Such may be the human condition. But as anyone who’s ever owned a dog will tell you, it’s not a problem—or a regret—that dogs seem to have. In their boundless joys and wild anxieties alike ...

If your dog continues to suffer from ear problems, you will need to consult your veterinarian, as some dogs will need a different program and may even need surgery to open the ear ...

Dogs are individuals ... All ear infections are secondary to something else. It may be anatomy like floppy ears and heavy pinna, it may be swimming combined with those floppy ears, or it may ...

Some people experience fluttering sounds in the ears that come and go, while others may hear a continuous sound. Causes include tinnitus, dysfunction of tissues in the ear, and high blood pressure.

Ricky Gervais has paid tribute to his "beautiful" on-screen dog who featured in his TV show After Life. The British comedian and actor said Vislor Antilly, also known as Anti, was a "beautiful ...

It often uses old structures (or ancient genes) for new jobs. The mammalian ear is a perfect example. Over the eons, the jawbones of our fish ancestors became three separate small bones that ...

When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn More There’s just something irresistibly charming about small dogs with floppy ears. Maybe it’s how their ears bounce ...