A man was taken into police custody and faces charges for animal cruelty and possession of a controlled substance after he was allegedly seen on security footage beating a sick sea lion with a stick.

Police arrested a 32-year-old man allegedly caught on Ventura beach cameras beating a sea lion with a large stick Tuesday morning. Authorities booked the suspect, Christopher Hurtado, into jail ...

A 31-year-old man was arrested for allegedly attacking a sick California sea lion Tuesday morning near the Ventura Beach Promenade. The Ventura Police Department said surveillance video of the ...

Toxic algae blooms containing domoic acid are sickening and killing sea lions and other sea life off the coast of California.

A surfer in Southern California was terrorized by an aggressive sea lion that bit through his wetsuit, dragged him off his board and continued stalking him. A rattled RJ LaMendola wound up in a ...

Federal research and funding plays a crucial role in enabling scientists to monitor ocean conditions — including the domoic acid outbreak that is now killing hundreds of marine mammals up and ...