The largest population of elephant seals in the world suffered massive mortality in 2023 from H5N1 bird flu infection. Animal ...

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KGO) -- California has the largest population of sea lions in the country and that is often on full display at San Francisco's Pier 39. That said, we've seen a number of sea ...

The sea lion was taken to the Castroville triage center, where it stayed overnight. Monday morning, the animal was found dead ...

After a brutal spring of toxic algae blooms turning some sea lions into sick, snarling seaside hazards, anxious beachgoers can breathe a sigh of relief as experts say the worst of the poisoning is ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Chino, a 20-year-old California sea lion and a staple of Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo’s sea lion family since 2010, passed away on Saturday, the zoo said Monday. In a release sent by ...

A minke whale that was swimming in Long Beach Harbor earlier this month died from domoic acid poisoning associated with a toxic algal bloom that has stricken many other sea creatures, according to ...

SAUSALITO, Calif. (KGO) -- The 300-mile California coast from Santa Cruz to Sonoma is seeing an outbreak of kidney disease impacting sea lions. "To have basically very large outbreak with right now ...

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. – Christopher Hurtado of Santa Paula pled guilty on June 16 to two felonies after beating a sickened sea lion on the beach next to the Ventura Promenade in March of this year.

A minke whale that had been swimming in the Long Beach Harbor died from domoic acid poisoning, tests show. The poisoning is associated with the toxic algae bloom that has sickened and killed other sea ...