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How tiny fish ear bones can reveal criminal activity

How tiny fish ear bones can reveal criminal activity. Biologists in Montana have used forensic geochemistry to determine where illegally introduced carnivorous fish originally came from. read more

Your Inner Ear Started as a Fish’s Jawbone - MSN

Paleontologists have uncovered breathtaking fossils that reveal the transition from jawbones to ear bones. Fossils like Tiktaalik, an ancient fish with features of both fish and early land animals ... read more

Lionfish ear-bones reveal a more mobile invasion - ScienceDaily

Lionfish ear-bones reveal a more mobile invasion Date: July 18, 2019 ... The invasiveness of lionfish is therefore thought to happen when they are small, larval fish being carried to new places by ... read more

Fish ear bones can reveal seawater temperature millions of years ago

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have now identified a way to estimate ancient seawater temperature by probing tiny bones in the ears of fish June 11, 2025 e-Paper LOGIN Account ... read more

Human Fishing Reshaped Caribbean Reef Food Webs, 7,000-Year-Old Exposed Fossilized Reefs Reveal

A groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef food webs: As sharks declined by 75 percent and fish preferred by humans ... read more

Lionfish ear-bones reveal a more mobile invas | EurekAlert!

Lionfish ear-bones, or otoliths, grow over time in the way tree-rings do. "Since otoliths have growth rings related to their age," Airey explains, "we can look at different parts of the otolith to ... read more

What do bones in salmon ears have to do with survival? - Record Searchlight

To scientists studying fish, the bones in salmon ears are like a "travel journal." Yes, fish have ear bones, and yes, people study them. And what researchers have discovered from decoding the ... read more

Fish-ear bones offer clues to health of ocean, species

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 ... read more

Chemical tags in ear bones reveal Chinooks' life histories - Alaska Public Media

New research on the Nushagak River – one of the largest Chinook salmon runs in the world – used chemical tags in a fish’s ear bones to tell where it was born and raised. Sean Brennan is a ... read more

Fish ear bones offer clues to health of ocean, species

Fish ear bones, also known as otoliths, are like tree rings for the ocean. A layer of calcium carbonate laid down each year offers a snapshot […] Skip to content ... read more

Lionfish ear-bones reveal a more mobile invasion

Lionfish ear-bones, or otoliths, grow over time in the way tree-rings do. “Since otoliths have growth rings related to their age,” Airey explains, “we can look at different parts of the otolith to ... read more