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An unusual event captured the attention of Puerto Montt, Chile, on July 1, when a sea lion broke into a pastry shop. The ...
If a sea lion can get early intervention, it has a 50-50 chance of survival, Deming said. It’s not just sea lions that are showing signs of the toxic outbreak.
Aggressive sea lion attacks surfers in Southern California. The sea lion in Newport Beach was suffering from severe domoic acid caused by toxic algae bloom that affects animals' brains and makes ...
In Amman, Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan discusses new projects, including one on Galapagos sea lions and a road trip film with ...
A sea lion's head pokes out of the water behind a surfer at a beach in San Diego in April 2025. YouTube/DingoSaidSo Surfers rush to leave the water to get away from the aggressive animal.
Ronan the sea lion can still keep a beat after all these years. She can groove to rock and electronica. But the 15-year-old California sea lion’s talent shines most in bobbing to disco hits like ...
A sick sea lion resting on a California beach was kicked in the head and beaten with a large piece of driftwood, prosecutors say. Now, 32-year-old Christopher Hurtado, of Santa Paula, has pleaded ...
Sea lion Ronan first made the news in 2013, when researchers revealed that she could bob her head to a beat. Twelve years later, Ronan still has rhythm.
California sea lion Ronan at UC Santa Cruz’s Long Marine Laboratory. Photo by Colleen Reichmuth; NOAA/NMFS 23554 From highway rescue to science prodigy ...
This is Ronan. She’s a California sea lion and she probably has better rhythm than you. Scientists earlier showed that Ronan, a resident of the Long Marine Laboratory at the University of ...
The sea lion “spooked all the surfers and bodyboarders” and was “chasing them in an aggressive fashion,” said Brian O’Rourke, assistant chief lifeguard with Newport Beach Fire.
One trained California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) named Ronan can keep a beat better than some people, according to a new study published May 1 in the journal Scientific Reports.