Researchers say Ronan the sea lion can still keep a beat after all these years. Ronan burst to fame about a decade ago after ...

For years, scientists believed that rhythm was a skill exclusively reserved to humans, out of all mammals. But a rescue sea ...

Ronan was slightly more variable beat to beat than adult humans. She also tended to hit ahead of the beat when listening to ...

Not many animals have shown an ability to identify and move to a beat -- with humans, parrots and some primates being notable ...

A California sea lion named Ronan became an internet star when a video of her bobbing her head in sync to the Backstreet Boys ...

Parrots are known to be able to keep a beat by moving their bodies. And recent studies have highlighted the beat-keeping capabilities of other mammals, such as monkeys and rats. But after more than a ...

Animal research on biomusicality, which looks at whether different species are capable of behaving in ways that show they recognize aspects of music, including rhythm and beat, remains a tantalizing ...

Ronan, the only non-human mammal to demonstrate highly precise beat keeping, continues to challenge our understanding of biomusicality ...

It might be easier to trap and remove sea lions in Oregon, it's a different story in Washington state, because they can only ...

Along some 70 miles of Southern California coastline, usually curious and playful sea lions are attacking humans in the water. The animals are being poisoned by the ocean they live in, experts say ...

When he was young, he would crouch next to his father on the rocky promontory of Sea Lion Neck to hunt low-flying king eider ducks, or Steller sea lions as they swam past. Years later, he helped ...