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"I don't know how to describe the fear that gripped me in that moment." Surfer fights for survival after vicious sea lion ...
The March incident highlights an ongoing deadly outbreak as a neurotoxin ravages wildlife in Southern California.
Public safety officials have been warning beachgoers to stay away from animals found stranded on the beach because they can ...
They were flippin’ poisoned! The horde of “demonic” sea lions that attacked people off the California coast in recent weeks ...
A common neurotoxin produced by algae blooms is making California sea lions more aggressive. Here’s why it has the power to ...
One surfer recalled a scary attack that happened to him on March 21 Surfer Rj LaMendola said he was attacked a feral sea lion ...
The attack left him “shaken” to his core, he said. The sea lion “erupted from the water, hurtling toward” RJ LaMendola at top speed – its “expression was feral, almost demonic, devoid of the curiosity ...
Sea lions ingest smaller creatures such as anchovies and sardines who eat the poison algae, which has bloomed seasonally in ...
Learn more about an algae bloom that’s causing sea lions to act erratically, leading to a few cases of aggression.
“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 ...
A marine mammal nonprofit has assessed more than 200 sea lions and 10 dolphins apparently sickened with domoic acid poisoning since Feb. 19 A routine surf session for RJ LaMendola Friday morning ...