Photo: New (and Improved?) Ears Found in Deep Fish

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The inner ear (pictured) of a blue antimora (inset) is exceptionally rigid—a feature never before seen in a deep-sea fish, according to a study to be presented in May 2009.

Photograph courtesy Xiaohong Deng et al.; inset photograph courtesy NOAA

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