A complicated brain tumor surgery left Rebecca Grasso with facial paralysis. But thanks to a series of nerve transfers at Harvard-affiliated Mass Eye and Ear, she was able to smile at her wedding.

A complicated brain tumor surgery left Rebecca Grasso with facial paralysis. But thanks to a series of nerve transfers at Harvard-affiliated Mass Eye and Ear, she was able to smile at her wedding.

When cane toads swallow their food, a complex pulley system actually butts up against their heart, research finds.

Egyptian fruit bats use their tongues for echolcation, aiming sonar beams by manipulating their tongues. New research shows how their brains facilitate this trick.

New tests with a modified retainer are a first step toward restoring lost oral function with electrical stimulation.

A new study finds Danish and Chinese people taste bitter stuff like broccoli and chocolate differently, suggesting ethnicity may play a role in taste.

Skull fossils from a species of extinct amphibians called albanerpetontids shows the oldest-known evidence of a slingshot-style tongue, researchers say.

Tongue fat is a risk factor for sleep apnea and losing tongue fat reduces the severity apnea, researchers have discovered.