What is particularly notable about Ronan is that she can learn to dance to a beat without learning to sing or talk musically.

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 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 ...

Now, the highly trained California sea lion who achieved global fame for her ability to bob her head to a beat is finally back: starring in a new study that shows her rhythm is just as precise ...

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 “Boogie Wonderland.” “She just nails that one,” swaying ...

California sea lion Ronan at UC Santa Cruz’s Long Marine Laboratory. (Photo by Colleen Reichmuth; NOAA/NMFS 23554) Animal research on biomusicality, which looks at whether different species are ...