LaMendola fended off the animal time and again as it seemed intent on getting him. The sea lion ultimately caught him, not ...

One surfer, according to CBS Local Los Angeles, was attacked on Friday by one such “feral, almost demonic” sea lion afflicted ...

A common neurotoxin produced by algae blooms is making California sea lions more aggressive. Here’s why it has the power to ...

In recent weeks, hundreds of sea lions, dolphins and other animals have turned up in the sand dead or seriously ill, alarming ...

The jellyfishlike creatures, called Velella velella, emerged Sunday along Bolinas Beach in Marin County, a visitor told the ...

Phoebe Beltran was in the home stretch of her 1,000-yard swim when she suddenly felt an intense pain as the sea lion bit her ...

15-year-old Phoebe Beltran has several cuts on her right arm and was hospitalized following the confrontation with the animal ...

Sea lions in Southern California waters had rarely posed a problem for beachgoers, surfers and swimmers, until now. Scientists say a naturally occurring bloom of toxic algae, a neurotoxin, ...

Domoic acid poisoning is stranding marine mammals as warnings are issued to beachgoers of the threat posed by animals that ...

Toxic algae off the coast of Southern California is killing or sickening hundreds of sea lions, dolphins and seabirds, while ...

A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...