Menu Close

Articles on Ear canal

Displaying all articles

Both children and adults are susceptible to the ear infection known as “swimmer’s ear.” Kay Blaschke/Stock4B-RF via Getty Images

Summer swimming season may be over, but you can still get swimmer’s ear – and you don’t even need to go in the water

Perhaps surprisingly, it’s possible to get swimmer’s ear without a dip in the pool, lake or ocean. Two doctors explain what this painful infection is and how to get rid of it.
Step away from the cotton swabs! Crazytang/iStock via Getty Images Plus

What is earwax?

That brownish/yellowish gunk that comes out on your finger if you scratch deep inside your ear? It actually serves an important purpose in your body.
Fossils of Shuvuuia deserti depict a small predatory creature with exceptional night vision and hearing. Mick Ellison/American Natural History Museum

Nocturnal dinosaurs: Night vision and superb hearing in a small theropod suggest it was a moonlight predator

By looking at the eye bones and ear canals of extinct dinosaurs, researchers show that a small ancient predator likely hunted at night and had senses as good as a modern barn owl.

Top contributors

More