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

Along some 70 miles of Southern California coastline, usually curious and playful sea lions are attacking humans in the water ...

A string of rare sea lion attacks along the Southern California coast is raising concern as experts warn of a troubling ...

Sea lions do not often attack humans, but a slew of recent assaults points to an algae that scientists say is poisoning the ...

Sea lions, dolphins and birds are sick and dying because of a toxic algae bloom in Southern California—and animal care ...

Bader said most of the animals stranding are pregnant sea lions, who tend to give birth ... What’s mostly driving this event is Pseudo-nitzschia, a type of plankton that produces domoic acid.

SeaWorld San Diego’s rescue team picked up a California sea lion Saturday night after it wandered ... as a result of a seasonal algae bloom. A type of plankton called Pseudo-nitzschia produces ...

LaMendola called CIMWI about the incident. His experience off Oxnard Friday was the first aggressive sea lion reported to the nonprofit during this domoic acid outbreak. As of Friday, no other marine ...

Getting too close not only can be dangerous for people and their pets but also cause sick animals more stress. The sea lions also can act aggressively or may return to the ocean when they need to ...

When the neurological toxin gets into sea lions’ food supply, it causes them to have trouble breathing and experience seizures, including a type of seizure called “stargazing” in which sea ...