Now, 32-year-old Christopher Hurtado, of Santa Paula, has pleaded guilty “to two felony counts related to the beating of a sea lion suffering on a Ventura beach from recent algae blooms,” the Ventura ...

Boaters off the coast of California got the chance to see the biggest animal on Earth and the group is calling it a “once in ...

A Santa Paula man who was caught on surveillance video beating a sick sea lion with a large stick has pleaded guilty to felony charges and now faces up to three years in state prison. Christopher ...

H dock near the plaza at Shilshole Bay Marina — and they are loud! The sea lions have been coming to the marina for around ...

The Salton Sea is shrinking, which is harming both humans and birds. A plan to create pop-up wetlands may help both.

Join SeaWorld San Diego in raising awareness about ocean pollution through student-designed murals made from recycled textiles.

La Jolla nonprofit spearheaded five-point plan to protect sea lions from tourist harassment while keeping popular cove open ...

Two whales, along with dolphins and sea lions, recently washed ashore in Long Beach, the latest victims of a toxic domoic acid outbreak caused by a harmful algal bloom spreading along the Southern ...

The Salvation Army & SeaWorld San Diego teamed up, unveiling large ocean-themed murals on World Oceans Day at the Dolphin & ...

The harmful algal blooms (HABs) that have been responsible for sickening hundreds of marine mammals in the Pacific Ocean ...

Members of the SeaWorld rescue team take in a sea lion that had become sick from a toxic algae bloom March 26 in San Diego. (Ana Ramirez / The San Diego Union-Tribune) Scientists say the algae ...

SAN DIEGO — A troubling situation is unfolding ... the public is urged to report any distressed sea lions to SeaWorld and to avoid approaching the animals directly. The SeaWorld rescue hotline ...