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.

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 ...

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 ...

Ronan the sea lion can groove to rock and electronica, but the 15-year-old's talent shines most in bobbing to disco hits like ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

This is Ronan. She’s a California sea lion, and she probably has better rhythm than you. Scientists earlier showed that Ronan, a resident of the Long Marine Laboratory at the University of ...

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 ...

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