All bony fish have small calcareous structures in their inner ear called otoliths, or ear bones, which perform balance and hearing functions. Otoliths develop at the very beginning of a fish's ...

We humans have tiny ear stones (otoconia), whose primary function is to maintain balance, but fish otoliths are also crucial for hearing, as well as featuring specific properties that make them ...

Kevin Pangle, Ph.D, Director of the CMU Biological Station and the Department of Biology faculty member, has been researching ...