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.

It's a violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to harm or kill elephant seals.

Last week, the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach and the Ocean Animal Response and Research Alliance in Dana Point linked the algae to a humpback that washed ashore at Huntington Beach ...

Several nonprofit rescue groups, including the Pacific Marine Mammal Center and the Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute, have been working nonstop to rescue sick animals as reports come in.

"This is the worst domoic acid bloom we have seen in Southern California," 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.

(Pacific Marine Mammal Center) NOAA stated that the toxin accumulates in small fish like sardines and anchovies before affecting the entire marine food chain.

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.

A dead 50-foot gray whale washed ashore in Huntington Beach on Friday, according to officials with the Pacific Marine Mammal Center.