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

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

Animal research on biomusicality, which looks at whether different species are capable of behaving in ways that show they ...

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

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Why haven’t we banned these outdated exhibits? What legal protections do these animals have? Insufficient Standards for Elephants on a Federal Level The primary law governing the treatment of ...

A new study has revealed how the loss of experienced individual elephants stops the knowledge transfer between generations, putting elephant societies at risk. The research, led by the University ...

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 ...

He says further studies should investigate the vocal learning abilities of sea lions, which would confirm the hypothesis.

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