Portuguese Man O’War species honors ‘One-Eyed Dragon’ samurai

A team of university students in Japan identified an entirely new species of the mighty Portuguese Man O’War. Described in a ...

The Birth of These 3 African Lion Cubs at a Zoo in New Orleans ‘Is Vital to the Survival of This Iconic Species’

The Audubon Zoo welcomed three African lion cubs after their mom, Kali, gave birth to them on Oct. 19, the zoo announced on ...
Lions Wire

Colorado Parks and Wildlife trying to kill another Copper Creek wolf after depredation

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is attempting to remove a second wolf from the Copper Creek pack after a calf was killed on July 18. The ranchers affected by the depredations were denied a lethal take ...
Frontiers

Geographic variation in diet, prey resources and exposure to parasites and saxitoxin in Steller sea lions in the Gulf of Alaska

Figure 1. Map of Steller sea lion Eumetopias jubatus rookeries and sites where scat and/or water samples were collected in the Gulf of Alaska during summer and fall, 2022–2023. Yellow boxes are 15 ...
KSBW The Central Coast

Man accused of sea lion decapitation in Pacific Grove defends his innocence

MAJORITY HAVE MOVED ON. ## THE MAN ACCUSED OF DECAPITATING A SEA LION IN PACIFIC GROVE IS GIVING HIS SIDE OF THE STORY. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED IN LATE JULY.. WHEN VIDEO TAKEN BY A BEACHGOER ACCUSED ...
SanLuisObispo

Young elephant seals practice fighting at SLO County beach. See their tussling

Elephant seal class of 2025 is arriving on the beach. The young seals, not yet in the breeding population, take over the beach at this time of year. Adult females are out at sea, foraging, growing the ...
Grand Island Independent

Sea lions at Nebraska State Fair sing, dance, do handstands — and show how to recycle

The fair faces of Kika and Syra, both sea lions, have a lot of whiskers. Kika and Syra are popular attractions at the State Fair, because you don't see a lot of sea lions in Nebraska. Kika and Syra ...
SFGate

Monterey beach closes as sea lion colony takes over the shoreline

A beach off Monterey’s Cannery Row is closed indefinitely after a colony of sea lions moved in for its annual summer vacation. “Sea lions are back,” the city of Monterey announced in a press release ...
KSBW The Central Coast

Monterey beach closed due to abundance of sea lions

ACTION NEWS 8 REPORTER FELIX CORTEZ LIVE IN MONTEREY. ## DAN.. WHAT STARTED OFF AS A COUPLE DOZEN.. HAS NOW GROWN TO HUNDREDS OF SEA LIONS.. HERE AT SAN MARCOS BEACH.. SO MANY OF THEM THAT THEY FORCED ...
Mongabay

There’s hope for sunflower sea stars, with their killer unmasked and reintroductions pending

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Since 2013, sea star wasting disease, worsened by warming oceans, has wiped out 99% of sunflower sea stars from Washington state to Mexico, ...
a-z-animals

Meet the Lion/Dachshund Duo Who Eat, Cuddle, and Play Together

Bonedigger is a 500-pound adult male lion who was born with a metabolic bone disease. He would have had no chance of surviving in the wild, as he could not catch prey and would have been driven away ...