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Rhythmically trained sea lion returns for an encore—and performs as well as humans

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 ...
The Atlantic

The Giant, Voracious Sea Lions That Humans Cannot Stop

Of all the schemes that humans have devised to keep sea lions from gorging on the salmon of the Columbia River basin, none has worked for long. Local officials and researchers have chased sea lions ...
Salon

Some animals seem to appreciate music. What does that mean for human evolution?

Ronan the sea lion can dance to a lot of different songs, but there is something about “Boogie Wonderland,” by Earth, Wind and Fire that really gets her going. It didn’t take more than a few days for ...
CNN

Sea lions are attacking people in the waters off California’s coast. Here’s why

Along some 70 miles of Southern California coastline, usually curious and playful sea lions are attacking humans in the water. The animals are being poisoned by the ocean they live in, experts say, ...