"Reporting Reflections" is a series of pieces written by students in Diana Keough’s Reporting III class. Over the course of ...

As apex predators, lions (Panthera leo) roam the African savanna, and occasionally even the rainforests, as the only social ...

A 15-year-old sea lion named Ronan proved better at keeping ... The results challenge the long-held theory that "only animals who were vocal learners — like humans and parrots — could learn ...

Not many animals show a clear ability to identify and move to a beat aside from humans, parrots and some primates. But then there’s Ronan, a bright-eyed sea lion that has scientists rethinking ...

Gladiators also were pitted against animals. While there are depictions ... were made by a big cat, probably a lion.