When scientists compared what California sea lions eat in the Channel Islands (U.S.) and the Gulf of California (Mexico), they expected to find a clear explanation for why populations were booming in ...

The southern sea lion (Otaria flavescens) is widely distributed around the Falkland Islands and likes to reside along shorelines and beaches. Adult males can weigh up to 770 pounds. They feed on fish, ...

In Astoria, sea lions are an endemic presence along the Columbia River banks and especially along the Port of Astoria’s East Mooring Basin. The port has experimented with several nonlethal methods for ...

Killing the protected animals may be the only way to stop them from eating too many of the Pacific Northwest’s endangered ...

PINNIPED PREDATION OF chinook has been a topic of heated anecdotal discussion and debate for decades. With chinook stocks diminished and recreational fisheries constrained by low runs, a recently ...

Pacific Northwest sea lions got the spotlight in a Congressional hearing last week. The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Natural Resources spent nearly two and a half hours Wednesday ...