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

A feel for the groove isn't restricted to humans, but it does seem pretty limited across the animal kingdom. Chimpanzees can keep a beat, but their ability to do so is low compared to Homo sapiens.

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

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