A surfer in California was terrorized by an aggressive sea lion that bit through his wetsuit, dragged him off his board and ...

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“Today, I endured the most harrowing and traumatic experience of my 20 years of surfing,” photographer and explorer Rj LaMendola captioned the post while recalling the attack. The Ventura ...

Sea lions, dolphins and birds are sick and dying because of a toxic algae bloom in Southern California—and animal care ...

A marine mammal nonprofit has assessed more than 200 sea lions and 10 dolphins apparently sickened with domoic acid poisoning ...

A longtime surfer and marine wildlife advocate was "left shaken" to his core after a relentless and horrifying encounter with ...

But something completely unexpected attacked RJ LaMendola when he was surfing off Oxnard, California. Around 140 meters from shore, a sea lion chased him down and bit him. Showing highly erratic ...

A rattled RJ LaMendola wound up in a hospital after being bitten in the left buttocks as he tried to fend off the relentless attack by the sea lion in the rare encounter off Oxnard. LaMendola was ...

In a Facebook post, Rj LaMendola described his experience riding the waves at Oxnard State Beach Park before encountering the 'deranged predator'. Out of nowhere, it erupted from the water ...