A man was arrested Tuesday morning after allegedly beating a sea lion suffering from domoic acid poisoning on Ventura Beach, according to authorities. Surveillance footage captured a man later ...

A sea lion is carried to an enclosure at the Marine Mammal Care Center, where 140 of the sick mammals have been cared for during the current harmful algal bloom. Sea lions and other ocean mammals in ...

More than 50 sickened adult sea lions have been found on beaches in Southern California in the last few days, demonstrating symptoms indicating they had ingested food poisoned by a toxic algae bloom ...

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One sea lion that came ashore in Newport Beach and another in Huntington Beach this month showed signs of brain damage from exposure to toxins released by algae blooms and had to be euthanized, an ...

Two female sea lions nursed back to health at SeaWorld San Diego after being found struggling on beaches in San Diego County surged into the sea off a Camp Pendleton beach on Friday, Jan. 31, in a way ...

As incoming waves battered a California harbor, a sea lion faced a “life-threatening situation.” The 172-pound sea lion, named Finn, was trapped “at the bottom of a steep sea wall, getting pounded by ...

Sea lions do not often attack humans, but a slew of recent assaults points to an algae that scientists say is poisoning the animals — and making them more aggressive. This algae releases a neurotoxin ...