Sharing the Earth with millions of different animal species is a gift that so many take for granted, but every now and then, ...

A new study of Ronan, a sea lion famous for her dancing skills, challenges the idea that only vocal learners can match a tempo ...

“Scientists once believed that only animals who were vocal learners — like humans and parrots — could learn to find a beat,” said Hugo Merchant, a researcher at Mexico’s Institute of Neurobiology, who ...

An outbreak of domoic acid poisoning caused by an algae bloom has sickened and killed dolphins, sea birds, sea lions and even ...

Sea lion Ronan first made the news in 2013, when researchers revealed that she could bob her head to a beat. Twelve years later, Ronan still has rhythm.

Tapping a toe to the beat is something people do unconsciously. Parrots and monkeys have even been known to have quite the ...

As she has aged, the pinniped’s rhythmic abilities have only improved. Ronan, a California sea lion of the Long Marine Laboratory at the University of California ...

This year’s toxic algal bloom off the coast is the longest and deadliest ever seen in Southern California. Will sea lion and dolphin populations recover?

Ronan, a sea lion, is the only known non-human mammal capable of precise beat-keeping. This unique ability challenges our understanding of biomusicality across species. Animal research on ...

Ronan was slightly more variable beat to beat than adult humans. She also tended to hit ahead of the beat when listening to slower stimuli and behind the beat on the faster stimuli. By comparison, ...

Meet Ronan the sea lion, the only non-human mammal to demonstrate highly precise beat keeping, challenging our understanding ...