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

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

At the Long Marine Laboratory in Santa Cruz, California, a 16-year-old sea lion named Ronan loves to put on a show. With her head bobbing in time to a percussive beat, she hits her marks not just with ...

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 ...