Hundreds of California sea lions have taken over San Carlos Beach in Monterey, California, prompting local officials to close the area to people. Caution tape has been put up but crowds are still ...

LaMendola, the surfer attacked by a sea lion, was very close to the Channel Islands – the main breeding ground for California sea lions. According to the center, 85% of sea lions are born on the ...

Surfer Rj LaMendola said he was attacked a feral sea lion on March 21 in California. He later learned the animal had been affected by domoic acid, an algae-produced toxin Symptoms for sea lions ...

California sea lions have managed to maintain -- and, in the case of males, increase -- their average body size as their population grows and competition for food becomes fiercer.

Both California sea lions were receiving rehabilitation services after being found. The Marine Mammal Care Center shared that Joy, who has been with them since May was found stranded in the front ...

A California sea lion yearling walks toward the water after being released back into the wild by volunteers with the Marine Mammal Center on a beach at Point Lobos State Reserve in 2019 in Carmel ...

Jalapeño is one of the lucky ones. A recent algal bloom has sickened or killed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of sea lions and dolphins off the central and southern coasts of California since June ...

California sea lions usually appear as gregarious creatures toward humans, but that isn't always the case. When sea lions have been exposed to “domoic acid toxicity,” a byproduct of consuming ...