A wave of sea lions off the coast of Southern California have been sickened by an algae-produced toxin that makes them ...

The horde of “demonic” sea lions that attacked people off the California coast in recent weeks lashed out because they were sickened by mind-warping toxic algae, scientists have discovered.

0:49 Toxic algae may be behind sea lion attacks in California A toxic algae has led to an uptick in sea lion attacks on beachgoers in Southern California, according to experts in the area.

A common neurotoxin produced by algae blooms is making California sea lions more aggressive. Here’s why it has the power to change behavior—and the danger it poses. Rescuers capture a sick sea ...

Surfer Rj LaMendola said he was attacked a feral sea lion on March 21 in California. He later learned the animal had been affected by domoic acid, an algae-produced toxin Symptoms for sea lions who ...

Sea World said they’ve rescued 47 sea lions, 30 birds, and one dolphin. Anderson said in 2023, the algae impacted more than one thousand California sea lions, and over one hundred dolphins.

A stranded sea lion suffering from suspected domoic acid ... on March 27, 2025 in Oxnard, California ...

But last month off the coast of Southern California, the ocean turned hostile after a sea lion lunged at him, bit him and dragged him off his board. "It looked possessed," Mr LaMendola wrote in a ...

But last month off the coast of Southern California, the ocean turned hostile after a sea lion lunged at him, bit him and dragged him off his board. "It looked possessed," Mr LaMendola wrote in a ...