A nightmarish scene unfolded in the summer of 2023 across Los Angeles County beaches as hundreds of sick marine mammals washed ashore and became stranded in the sand. Beachgoers witnessed animals ...

An algae bloom that devastated the habitat of sea mammals last year in the Pacific Ocean, wreaking fatal havoc on marine life, has Los Angeles officials revisiting the tragedy months later, hoping to ...

A vast bloom of toxic algae is killing more than 200 species of marine life off the southern coast of Australia, scientists and conservation groups say. The algae — Karenia mikimotoi — appeared in ...

A Los Angeles City Council committee approved a motion on Wednesday, Jan. 17, seeking to improve the city’s response to a toxic algae bloom, and to update protocols to help marine mammals who are ...

Visitors seeking lighthearted views of sea life along Southern California's coastline are instead coming upon marine mammals taking their final breaths. As peak beach season and the Fourth of July ...

SAN PEDRO, Calif. (KABC) -- Scientists say sea life off the coast of Southern California is in danger of being wiped out. They say climate change is a major factor in the heightened risk. Marine ...

As Arctic sea ice melts, new life may emerge from the thaw. Researchers have discovered that bacteria beneath and along the melting ice are converting nitrogen gas into a form that fuels algae. The ...