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

Shutterstock Image Often times, when surfers are paddling out into the deep, blue ocean they have only two fears — sharks and ...

Driven mad by toxic chemicals released by algae flourishing in warming oceans, sea lions and other marine mammals are ...

“When conditions are right, waters off the coast of California can experience large-scale toxic algal blooms that are capable ...

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

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

A marine mammal nonprofit has assessed more than 200 sea lions and 10 dolphins apparently sickened with domoic acid poisoning ...

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

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

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

A California surfer has been left 'shaken to his core' after being mauled by a sea lion infected with a zombie-like neurotoxin. In a Facebook post, Rj LaMendola described his experience riding ...

He thought his fate was seal-ed. “Today, I endured the most harrowing and traumatic experience of my 20 years of surfing,” photographer and explorer Rj LaMendola captioned the post while ...