Perichondritis is an infection of the cartilage that makes up the outer ear. It's usually the result of trauma to the ear from surgery, ear piercing, or accidental injury. Symptoms include ear pain, ...

While the rash is typically limited to one side of your face, it can extend to your ear ... the outer and inner eye. This might include the cornea (the transparent part of the eye covering the front ...

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

Two new studies offer insights into the evolution and development of external ears, which appear in humans and other mammals ...

The genes that build the cartilage of fish gills were repurposed to build the cartilage in mammals’ outer ears ...

The human outer ear may have arisen from ancient fish gills. | Credit: A. Martin UW Photography/Getty Images (left); Photographer, Basak Gurbuz Derman/Getty Images (right) Humans' outer ears may ...

Humans' outer ears may have evolved from the gills of prehistoric fish, a new study finds. Gene-editing experiments indicate that cartilage in fish gills migrated into the ear canal millions of years ...

But they all share one helpful anatomical feature: external ears. Scientists have long wondered about the evolutionary origins of outer ears, which are unique to mammals. Now, two new studies are ...