For the last few years, the Marine Mammal Center has been testing any patients with bird-flu-like symptoms, which include respiratory and neurological problems, for the virus.

The agency is seeking information about anyone involved in the stabbing and urging the public to provide tips at the NOAA Enforcement Hotline at (800) 853-1964. Person of interest wanted in seal ...

Inside the Marine Mammal Care Center in Los Angeles, more than 80 sea lions and seals lounge lethargically in outdoor fenced-in pens or paddle in small pools. Some bark and moan.

More dead marine mammals have washed ashore in Ventura County as the unprecedented bloom of harmful algae in Southern California appears to be worsening. Sky5 footage on Friday showed at least ...

SAN DIEGO — A toxic algae bloom stretching from San Diego to San Luis Obispo has led to the deaths of hundreds of marine animals, including whales, dolphins, and sea lions. Scientists have ...

The amount of animals suffering and the strandings that we're seeing related to this bloom is absolutely heartbreaking," said Dr. Alissa Deming with Pacific Marine Mammal Center.

On April 6, the subadult minke whale was stranded after what the Pacific Marine Mammal Center said was abnormal swimming behavior for days in the Port of Long Beach.

Marine life experts are concerned about a severe algae bloom that has left thousands of marine mammals, including sea lions, dolphins and whales, sick or dead along the Southern California coast ...

Sea creatures keep showing up dead in California waters, and researchers may have an answer as to why. It has to do with their food. One of the largest algae blooms in Southern California has been ...

The Marine Mammal Care Center, like other SoCal wildlife facilities, are in need of donations. They budget for about 300 animals a year, but they’ve already surpassed that with the bloom.

The Pacific Marine Mammal Center started a necropsy to investigate the cause of death. Please note: This content carries a strict local market embargo.

By Melody Petersen Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES – A dead 50-foot gray whale washed ashore in Huntington Beach, California, on Friday, according to officials with the Pacific Marine Mammal Center.