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, ...

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 ...

The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Natural Resources spent nearly two and a half hours Wednesday debating the long-standing issue of the Columbia River sea lions, who are known to feast ...

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 ...

Toxic algae blooms contain a neurotoxin that is likely impacting the sea lions. Sea lions on the California coast are reportedly displaying strange behavior, likely due to a harmful algae bloom ...

A common neurotoxin produced by algae blooms is making California sea lions more aggressive. Here’s why it has the power to change behavior—and the danger it poses. Rescuers capture a sick sea lion in ...

As summer heats up and tourists flock to the California coast, beachgoers should be on the lookout for sea lions sickened by a recent outbreak of leptospirosis — a kidney disease that can result in ...

LA JOLLA – A new five-point plan has been developed to prevent human harassment of sea lions at La Jolla Cove during their pupping season from mid-May to mid-September. Sea lion births peak in June ...

Sea lions and other ocean mammals in Southern California are falling victim to a poisoning event that a local expert calls the worst in recent memory. It is stranding the mammals along the coast as ...