Marine experts say these attacks are not common, but are happening more often. That’s due to a toxic algae bloom that are ...

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

I love the beach, I love the ocean, I love swimming,' she told KTLA. Earlier this year, surfer Rj LaMendola was left 'shaken to his core' after being mauled by a sea lion infected with a ...

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

“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 ...

Sea lions on the California coast are displaying strange behavior likely due to a harmful algae bloom impacting the region, ...