A t 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 ...

For years, scientists believed that rhythm was a skill exclusively reserved to humans, out of all mammals. But a rescue sea lion from California has proven otherwise, with her outstanding ability to ...

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 ...

California sea lion Ronan in 2023 in Santa Cruz, Calif. Ronan the sea lion can still keep a beat after all these years. She can groove to rock and electronica. But the 15-year-old California sea ...

Ronan the sea lion can still keep a beat after all these years. She can groove to rock and electronica. But the 15-year-old California sea lion's talent shines most in bobbing to disco hits like ...