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

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

A sea lion named Ronan matched or outperformed humans in a rhythm test, showing better consistency and synchronization to ...

Ronan, a sea lion at UC Santa Cruz, outperforms humans in keeping a beat, challenging long-held beliefs about rhythm ...

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 ...

The results challenge the long-held theory that "only animals who were vocal learners — like humans and parrots — could learn ...

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 the sea lion can still keep a beat after all these years. She can groove to rock and electronica. But the 15-year-old ...

Researchers plan to train and test other sea lions. Cook suspects other sea lions can also bob to a beat — but that Ronan will still stand out as a star performer.

But then there’s Ronan, a bright-eyed sea lion that’s caused scientists to rethink the meaning of music. Ronan the sea lion can still keep a beat after all these years. She can groove to rock ...