We’ll explore several animals with massive ears, along with the different reasons why they’ve evolved this way. We’ll discuss what purpose these huge ears serve and which species possess them.

With big ears and cute little faces, the fennec fox lives in the deserts of North Africa. They're the smallest wild dog, weighing in at only 2 to 3 pounds. Their ears — as big as half their body ...

These animals may seem common, but they have many interesting features. Did you know that some donkeys have dreadlocks? ... Large ears help heighten a donkey's sense of hearing, ...

A new study of the genomes of early mammoths, living about 700,000 years ago, compared with more recent animals of the last 100,000 years, showed their thick, shaggy coat did not evolve until later.

This works because large, thin ears maximize the amount of surface area over a relatively small body mass. The greater the surface area, the more heat loss to the environment.