Toxic Algae Bloom Hits SoCal
If you’ve been online or wandered one of these beaches, you may have noticed a resurgence of what feels like an all-too familiar wildlife event –– a harmful algae bloom is here again, and spreading, impacting wildlife and causing marine mammal and wildlife rescue centers to be overburdened by the response.
Toxic Algae Blooms Killing Scores of Central Coast Marine Mammals
Domoic acid, a potent neurotoxin produced by algae, has been killing sea lions and dolphins along California’s coastline for years. However, large toxic algal blooms are becoming more frequent, causing recent spikes in domoic acid deaths.
Toxic algae bloom is wreaking havoc on the Southern California coast, especially in local sea lions, causing seizures, ...
Sea lions on the California coast are displaying strange behavior likely due to a harmful algae bloom impacting the region, ...
A marine rescuer tells us the animals are being poisoned by a harmful algal bloom offshore from Southern California.
A California surfer was left injured and shaken after a violent sea lion attack, which experts believe was triggered by a ...
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