Months after a mass stranding of sick and starving brown pelicans overwhelmed wildlife centers across Southern California, ...

A sea lion with domoic acid poisoning from toxic algae blooms has beached itself in Redondo Beach on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG) Next door to that center, ...

Months after a mass stranding of sick and starving brown pelicans overwhelmed wildlife centers across Southern California, ...

A group of brown pelicans flew back to their Huntington Beach ocean habitat on Wednesday after receiving nearly three months of treatment for domoic acid poisoning. Animal care staff at the Wetlands ...

Nov. 18—Dungeness crab fresh out of the ocean is off the menu as of Friday. Unsafe levels of domoic acid detected in Dungeness crabs caused an immediate halt Friday to the sport-crabbing opportunities ...

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, California (KSBY) — If you visit some Central Coast beaches, you may see sea lions breached and wedged in between rocks or even just lying on the sand. It’s been about three ...

Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network (SBWCN) is currently caring for an increased number of seabirds showing signs of domoic acid poisoning, a naturally occurring toxin found in the ocean. The ...

The recreational Dungeness crab season opened Saturday along the Sonoma Coast, but state officials are warning fishers about ...

Sick sea lions are popping up on the coast of California, including on Surf Beach at Vandenberg Space Force Base on July 29, 2024. U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Olga Houtsma Since the ...

The study of domoic acid and the diatom genus Pseudo‐nitzschia has evolved into a multidisciplinary field that encompasses environmental chemistry, molecular biology and ecosystem ecology. Domoic acid ...

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Domoic acid poisoning is suspected in the deaths of two dolphins that washed up in Newport Beach on Sunday, a Laguna Beach-based marine mammal expert said. Two adult dolphins washed ashore on 15th and ...