A San Diego 18-year-old pleaded guilty to a federal charge after he was caught on video kicking and chasing a protected sea lion at a La Jolla beach.
Humans aren't the only ones taking in the San Francisco sunshine ☀️ A Steller sea lion showed up Friday morning to the docks at Pier 39, making itself at home.
Say hello to Babymac. The little sea lion pup was found a long way away from home in a Mountain View parking lot earlier this month. Thankfully, after some tender love and care at the Marine Mammal Center, he is on the mend.
Leptospirosis is a kidney disease that is spread mostly thorough urine. So when thousands of sea lions are gathered on a beach, it can contaminate the sand and can spread to humans and pets.
Sea lions are cute, but what should you do if you encounter one in the water? Experts weigh in after a 9-year-old girl was bitten by a sea lion while surfing off Central California coast.
"The sea lion went under my instructor's leg and then it came up to me and bit me, and then I got dragged underwater," 9-year-old Corale Olsen said, describing the scary and painful moment she was attacked in the ocean.