In recent weeks, Southern California ... in March when a sea lion attacked him not once, but twice. The animal bit through his wetsuit, leaving deep wounds and dragging him underwater in a ...

"They may be abnormally aggressive." A sick California sea lion with possible domoic acid poisoning lays on a beach wall in Santa Barbara, California, on March 25, 2025. David Swanson/AFP via ...

LaMendola, the surfer attacked by a sea lion, was very close to the Channel Islands – the main breeding ground for California sea lions. According to the center, 85% of sea lions are born on the ...

Phoebe suffered several surface-level puncture wounds from — not a shark — but an aggressive sea lion’s bite ... The shock caused her to briefly go underwater. Even then, all she could ...

One surfer recalled a scary attack that happened to him on March 21 Mario Tama/Getty Surfer Rj LaMendola said he was attacked a feral sea lion on March 21 in California. He later learned the ...

The teen ducked underwater, saw a shadow and feared ... Someone cut off the head of a sea lion in Northern California and rode off with it in a bag. Authorities are now offering $20,000 for ...

The situation at first seemed comical – a cute little sea lion ruling the line up at the wild Wedge in Newport Beach, where wave riders showed up earlier this week to take on beefy waves from ...

A 15-year-old was hospitalized with several cuts and scratches after she was attacked by a sea lion in Southern California during her junior lifeguard cadet trial, local media outlets reported.

There has been at least one other reported instance of a sea lion attack in Southern California in recent weeks, after a man was bitten while surfing in Oxnard. As she continues her recovery ...

LONG BEACH, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A 15-year-old Long Beach girl is still recovering from a sea lion attack that happened while she was swimming over the weekend. Phoebe Beltran was finishing ...