California sea lions in crisis: Deadly leptospirosis spreads rapidly

California's coast is grappling with a severe leptospirosis outbreak, decimating sea lion populations. Hundreds are stranding ...
Earth.com

Deadly disease is spreading quickly among California sea lions

A deadly leptospirosis outbreak is killing sea lions along California’s coast, alarming scientists and volunteers racing to ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Why Do Sharks Go Into Feeding Frenzies? A Case Study of a Recent, Unusual Attack on a Human Looks for Answers

After multiple dusky sharks killed a swimmer off Israel’s coast this year, scientists investigated what might have triggered ...
seattlepi.com

He lives alongside lions in Nairobi. The human-wildlife collision is dazzling — and dangerous

KAJIADO, Kenya (AP) — This year, less than a kilometer from where I live, a girl named Peace Mwende was killed by a lion. The ...
Yahoo

Unbelievable video shows reckless parents letting toddler try to ride on back of dangerous animal: 'What parent does this?'

A Facebook video is gaining popularity after capturing a toddler's dangerous encounter with a wild sea lion. The clip, presumably filmed by the child's parents, shows the toddler hopping onto a ...
KING5

WATCH: Washington sea lion saved from plastic strap around neck

ISLAND COUNTY, Wash — A team effort by marine experts saved a sea lion in Washington last week by removing a plastic strap stuck around its neck. Video from the SeaDoc Society shows a Stellar sea lion ...
CBS News

Sea lion found decapitated at Central California beach; $20K reward offered

Federal officials on Monday announced a $20,000 reward as they search for a man suspected of decapitating a dead sea lion at a Monterey County beach earlier this year. Update: NOAA backtracks on ...
KTVU

Decapitated California sea lion: $20K reward issued

A sea lion was decapitated in July at Point Pinos Beach in Monterey County. NOAA released suspect information and a $20K reward on Monday. It's unclear who took the picture of the suspect. PACIFIC ...
Sacramento Bee

10-foot apex predator with ‘powerful tail’ hunts off CA coast. See ‘rare’ video

An apex predator was spotted hunting a sea lion off the coast of California, boaters said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 10-foot apex predator was spotted circling its prey off the coast of California, a ...
CNN

India’s growing lion population should be cause for celebration, but it’s also a deadly problem

Five-year-old Pulsing Ajnera was playing with his brothers in a field near their home in the western Indian state of Gujarat, when a lion “came out of nowhere,” his grieving father told CNN. “This ...
SFGate

Monterey beach closes as sea lion colony takes over the shoreline

A beach off Monterey’s Cannery Row is closed indefinitely after a colony of sea lions moved in for its annual summer vacation. “Sea lions are back,” the city of Monterey announced in a press release ...
Seattle Times

Outbreak of kidney disease is killing sea lions in California. Here’s why humans should be concerned

LOS ANGELES — As summer heats up and tourists flock to the California coast, beachgoers should be on the lookout for sea lions sickened by a recent outbreak of leptospirosis — a kidney disease that ...