Science news articles about 'california sea lions'

... an increase of epileptic seizures and behavioral abnormalities in California sea lions can result from low-dose exposure to domoic acid as a fetus. The findings follow an analysis ...

California sea lion fetuses exposed to toxic algae on the rise in their habitats may develop seizures and abnormal behavior later in life, a study of lab rodents has found.

Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River....

SAUSALITO, Calif., Oct. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. marine biologists say they have initiated a study of the increased incidence of leptospirosis cases in wild California sea lions.

... with Frances Gulland, director of the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, CA, to examine how California sea lions's exposure to PCBs may increase their sensitivity to domoic acid, a naturally produced ...

... populations to reproduce. Genital tumors in California sea lions on North America's western coast ... the feeding ability or eyesight of wildlife. Green sea turtles—a migratory species in oceans across ...