Fish otoliths record information on fish metabolism; analyses of old and new otoliths can therefore provide new knowledge about how different species of fish adapt to new conditions, including climate ...

Fossilized fish ear stones—known as otoliths—can reveal far more than previously thought. In a recent study, a team of paleontologists from the University of Vienna demonstrated that a refined ...

Thumbing through the West Australian catalogue of fish ear bones is a bit like looking at the abstract shapes in a modern art gallery. All fish have ear bones called otoliths to help them hear, ...

A tiny white sliver inside the heads of fish could hold evidence of a century’s worth of humans wrecking the environment: atomic bombs, overfishing, even climate change. Fish ear bones, also known as ...

It’s a moment that can spark dread among even the most scrupulously law-abiding Louisiana fishermen. As you return to the dock after a fine day on the water, solemnly serious men or women in state ...

A new study shows that trace elements found in fish ear bones can be used as biogenic tracers to track coal ash contamination. Strontium isotope ratios in the otoliths of fish collected from two lakes ...

Alert reader Christine Eckel, a former Helena resident who is a clinical associate professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology, wrote after this column published to provide more information on ...

Morgan Disspain receives funding from AINSE and AIATSIS. Fish have ears. They also have ear bones, known as otoliths. Recent research has focused on otoliths of fish from Australia’s inland waters.