Bird flu slams seals and sea lions at the bottom of the world but spares Pacific Coast so far

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

Volunteers rescue sea lion washed up on a Santa Cruz County beach

The sea lion was taken to the Castroville triage center, where it stayed overnight. Monday morning, the animal was found dead ...
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Sea lions released back into Pacific Ocean as toxic algal blooms move out of Southern California

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Scripps scientists have confirmed that the harmful algal blooms (HABs) that have been responsible for sickening hundreds of marine mammals in the Pacific Ocean along the ...

Diet alone doesn't explain divergent health of California sea lions in US and Mexico

When scientists compared what California sea lions eat in the Channel Islands (U.S.) and the Gulf of California (Mexico), ...
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Sea lions are attacking people in the waters off California’s coast. Here’s why

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, ...