This article was originally published by Hakai Magazine. Each summer at the Ballard Locks near Seattle, Washington, thousands of tourists gather to watch steelhead trout and coho, sockeye, and Chinook ...
Correction: Incorrect data was included in a previous version of this story. Decadeslong efforts by state and tribal agencies have slowly curbed sea lion populations in the region, yet officials still ...
As San Diego emerges from a recent rash of poisonings that made pinnipeds unusually aggressive toward humans, local animal experts are advising beachgoers to continue to keep a safe distance from sea ...
When it comes to sea lions in the Columbia and Willamette, it can seem like a losing battle, but a presentation last night ...
Take a cruise around any one of our islands and count furry critters in the water or on the rocks. I’ve tried and lost count somewhere over 1,000 — and that was just at one end of one island. Overall, ...
A recent Guest Commentary asserts that the increasing numbers of sea lions and harbor seals (pinnipeds) around La Jolla have upset the delicate balance of the once-thriving La Jolla kelp bed ecosystem ...
Pinnipeds -- a group including seals, sea lions and walruses -- are relatively recently derived marine mammals that evolved from terrestrial carnivorans and reentered the marine environment. Their ...