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Photo taken Saturday of a dead gray whale, washed up on shore in Huntington Beach Friday, April 11, 2025.

Mystery deepens as another dead whale washes ashore in Southern California

A 50-foot gray whale washed ashore in Huntington Beach on Friday. Nonprofit workers say the young adult female showed no signs of physical injury.

A sunflower sea star, which is considered functionally extinct in California, Oregon and coastal Washington.

A rare, giant starfish could hold the key to restoring kelp forests on the California coast

DJ Swagrman holds a Mexican flag as he and his dog ride their toy Cybertruck in the North Ranch shopping center parking lot

Why a man drives a kids’ Cybertruck with a dog and Mexican flag — and how it got him ‘banned’ from Dodger Stadium

Three wild burros, or donkeys, stand in a field at Death Valley National Park. (Courtesy of Michael Alfuso)

Overrun by burros, San Bernardino County inks new deals to sterilize and relocate animals

A team from the West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Network examines a minke whale found dead in Long Beach Harbor Sunday morning. The responders are covered by a NOAA Fisheries permit to approach marine mammals. Others should stay a safe distance away.

Minke whale that spent several days in Long Beach Harbor has died, officials say

There’s a whale in Long Beach Harbor. Scientists helped it escape. It turned around and came back

‘I was so scared’: Sea lion bites girl repeatedly during Junior Lifeguards tryout in Long Beach

First layers of soil to be laid on 101 Freeway wildlife crossing, the world’s largest

Crews rush to save eggs belonging to birds that are often reviled

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SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 21, 2025: Scientists and vets carry a large sea lion to another enclosure during a visit at the Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles. (William Liang / For the Times)

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‘Feral, almost demonic’: Surge in poisoned sea lions threatens SoCal beachgoers, burdens rescuers

Domoic acid poisoning is stranding marine mammals as warnings are issued to beachgoers of the threat posed by animals that are transformed by their illness.

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