Source: Newsscientist.com | December 16, 2014 |

Dogs and ducks are duds on the dance floor. So how come cockatoos and sea lions can move to a beat, and what does that tell us about our own musicality?

http://www.aaas.org/news/animals-can-bop-along-beat

By Richard Conniff | July 2014 |

If they did, who could ask for anything more?

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/do-animals-have-rhythm-180951865/?no-ist

 

By Sheila Foran | February 3, 2014 | 

Theoretical Neuroscientist Ed Large Joins UConn Faculty

http://today.uconn.edu/blog/2014/02/theoretical-neuroscientist-ed-large-joins-uconn-faculty/

By Joel N. Shurkin | February 26, 2014 |

Can Animals Keep A Beat?

https://www.insidescience.org/content/can-animals-keep-beat/1572

By Bethany Brookshire | February 16, 2014 |

From a cockatoo bopping to the Backstreet Boys to a sea lion doing the boogie, nothing goes viral like an animal swaying to the music. Now, research shows that not only can bonobos feel the beat, they can play along.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bonobos-feel-beat

LIFE | 16 February 2014 |

Dogs may bark to music and chimps may bang on drums, but creatures that can truly keep a beat are rare, raising intriguing questions about the evolution of the human brain.

http://www.enca.com/life/bonobo-keeps-beat

By Dr.Dolittle  | February 17, 2014 |

Researchers have observed that bonobos are innately able to match a beat that was created by the research team.

 

By Dennis Lynch | February 17, 2014 |

Bonobo apes are closely related to the chimpanzee and share 98.4 percent of their genetic makeup with humans.

http://www.ibtimes.com/researchers-say-bonobos-have-innate-ability-keep-musical-beat-1556190

By Megan Phelan | February 16, 2014 |

Cockatoos and sea lions can dance, bonobos can drum, and scientists are investigating the evolutionary story behind the animals’ sense of rhythm.

http://www.aaas.org/news/animals-can-bop-along-beat