Discover what makes marine mammals unique and why they need our protection. California's coastal waters are home to some of nature’s most remarkable creatures - marine mammals like seals, dolphins, ...

SAN DIEGO — “Spike” the sea lion is making waves in the science community, learning how to play video games on the deck of a sea pen in the San Diego Bay off the coast of Point Loma. The U.S. Navy ...

Marine mammals will be the topic for the first Shoreline Education for Awareness wildlife interpretation training seminar on Jan. 15. In all, the group will offer eight seminars this year on coastal ...

Dr. Debra Moore, an assistant clinical professor in MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine, evaluates a sea turtle as part of university efforts to monitor the health of marine mammals and sea turtles ...

Sea otters are North America’s smallest marine mammal, weighing just 30 to 100 pounds, but their appetites are huge. They burn calories at three times the rate expected for their size, chomping on ...

Wildlife officials are warning the public of a toxic algae bloom affecting marine mammals along Los Angeles County beaches.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. More than 400 marine mammals have been reported stranded or sickened along California’s Central Coast since June.

Huge die-offs of elephant seals occurred after the virus gained nearly 20 troublesome new mutations, scientists found. By Apoorva Mandavilli Elephant seals in South America died in massive numbers ...

In a small, rented lab in the port of Los Angeles in May, Keith Matassa was working through a backlog of bodies on ice. Using a surgical knife, he carefully removed a California sea lion fetus from a ...

A nightmarish scene unfolded in the summer of 2023 across Los Angeles County beaches as hundreds of sick marine mammals washed ashore and became stranded in the sand. Beachgoers witnessed animals ...