Surfer faced the 'unsettling ferocity' of a sick sea lion in Southern California ... where an image shows him lying belly down on a gurney giving the hang loose sign.

Smith described one sea lion who appeared to be "star-gazing." MORE: Police hunt suspect who shot and killed 2-year-old sea lion lying on California beach "Some animals seem very, very sleepy ...

Since Feb. 19, CIMWI assessed more than 200 sea lions and 10 dolphins that appeared sick with domoic acid poisoning. Some may have been the same animal seen at different times or locations.

Hundreds of sea lions lay at the San Carlos beach in Monterey. Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu via Getty Images “They migrate up here down from Ventura and the Channel Islands ...

Influx of sea lions shuts down beach in Monterey, California A sea lion yawns while on a raft along Pier 39, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo ...

Smith described one sea lion who appeared to be "star-gazing." MORE: Police hunt suspect who shot and killed 2-year-old sea lion lying on California beach "Some animals seem very, very sleepy ...

Sea lions wearing video-camera backpacks are helping scientists map uncharted regions of the seafloor. ... To safeguard other ocean habitats, researchers first have to know what's down there.

Ronan—a sea lion rescue living in California—has shown results never before seen on non-human mammals. ... and after being spotted walking down Highway 1 in 2009 on her third stranding, ...

Along some seventy plus miles of southern California coastline, usually curious and playful sea lions are attacking humans in the water. At unprecedented levels, the animals are being poisoned by ...