Last year was a busy year for The Marine Mammal Center, responding to more than 900 marine mammals between San Luis Obispo and Mendocino counties.

"The number of current MMCC patients likely impacted by the toxic algal bloom has more than tripled," Marine Mammal Care said ...

RYE — The Ocean Genome Legacy Center of Northeastern University and the Seacoast Science Center Marine Mammal Rescue team have announced a new partnership aimed at enhancing our understanding of ...

In 2023, the Marine Mammal Care Center had 70 sea lions in its care by July. In early March of 2025, the center is already nearly half full. “We have room for about 120 animals, and we’re ...

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine says it is caring for a young seal that appears to have been attacked by a shark. Officials with the center say the seal pup was found on the beach ...

Researchers with the Marine Mammal Center and the Channel Islands Cetacean Research Unit performed a necropsy on a pygmy sperm whale on Feb. 14, 2025. Emily Pomeroy with the Marine Mammal Center ...

An unusually high number of disoriented marine mammals, sickened by a toxic algae bloom, is being found along Southern California’s coast, prompting concerns 2025 could be the deadliest year yet.

A young seal pup was found wounded, stranded on the beach in Longport on Monday, the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine said. The grey seal pup had several lacerations on his abdomen ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This past weekend, the Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles (MMCC) responded to a call on a rare pygmy sperm whale struggling in the surf at Dockweiler State Beach ...

A man was arrested after he was accused of attacking a sick sea lion with a stick, California police say. As officers monitored the Ventura Beach promenade using remote cameras, they saw a man hit ...