It started as a normal surf session for RJ LaMendola. He was roughly 150 yards from the beach in Southern California, riding ...

A longtime surfer and marine wildlife advocate was "left shaken" to his core after a relentless and horrifying encounter with ...

A California surfer was left injured and shaken after a violent sea lion attack, which experts believe was triggered by a ...

LaMendola called CIMWI about the incident. His experience off Oxnard Friday was the first aggressive sea lion reported to the ...

Sea lions aren't super high on the list of aquatic animals surfers usually need to worry about encountering in the water.

A surfer in California was terrorized by an aggressive sea lion that bit through his wetsuit, dragged him off his board and ...

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

Domoic acid, a potent neurotoxin produced by algae, has been killing sea lions and dolphins along California’s coastline for ...

“Today, I endured the most harrowing and traumatic experience of my 20 years of surfing,” photographer and explorer Rj LaMendola captioned the post while recalling the attack. The Ventura ...

RJ LaMendola shared what he called “the most harrowing and traumatic experience” in all his 20 years of surfing in a March 21 post on Facebook. He was “riding the waves in solitude” about ...