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Animal care staff at the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center nursed the 13 pelicans back to health as a domoic acid poisoning ...
A pod of 13 brown pelicans were released back into the wild by veterinarians at Huntington Beach in California on Wednesday.
A flock of brown pelicans was released back into the wild near the Huntington Beach Pier. They had been nursed back to health ...
Harmful algae blooms have been rapidly producing in a place previously too cold to host the toxin: the Arctic.
Marine mammal researchers are investigating how sea lions were affected by the longest toxic algal bloom on record off the ...
A team of researchers is tapping into the ocean’s vast body of free-floating environmental DNA to catch blooms before they ...
Domoic acid is the toxin responsible for killing hundreds of marine mammals. An "unprecedented" toxic algae bloom has overrun the coast of Southern California, sickening marine animals and ...
A sea lion believed to have made its way up the Petaluma River was rescued from a shopping center parking lot Saturday and ...
Two whales, along with dolphins and sea lions, recently washed ashore in Long Beach, the latest victims of a toxic domoic acid outbreak caused by a harmful algal bloom spreading along the Southern ...
Domoic acid has been found in blue and humpback whales, as well as Guadalupe fur seals, which is a threatened species. Ingesting domoic acid from harmful algal blooms can cause sea lions and ...
It creates domoic acid, a neurotoxin that accumulates in small fish, like sardines and anchovies, which are then eaten by marine mammals and birds.
Marine wildlife officials confirm two beached whales connected to massive domoic acid outbreak 02:16. Wildlife and ocean experts have determined domoic acid to be the cause of death in at least ...