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Groovy! Dancing Sea Lion Keeps a Beat
By Megan Gannon last updated
A California sea lion named Ronan may be the first non-human mammal to bop to the rhythm of a song.
Swarm of rainbow-colored starfish devour sea lion corpse on seafloor
By Harry Baker published
A photo of colorful bat stars covering and eating the corpse of a California sea lion recently won first prize in a prestigious wildlife photography competition.
No one knows why decapitated sea lions keep turning up in Vancouver Island
By Laura Geggel published
It's unknown who or what is killing these sea lions on Canada's Pacific coast.
Terrifying Video: Why a Sea Lion Pulled a Little Girl into the Water
By Laura Geggel published
Why did a sea lion pull a little girl who was sitting on a dock into the water, only to release her an instant later?
Sea Lion 'Aerospace': High-Thrust, Low Wake
By Megan Leftwich published
Despite being fast, efficient and agile, this sea lion swimming technique is quite different from the way other large fish and marine mammals move through the water.
No Tusks: Ancient Walrus Cousin Looked More Like a Sea Lion
By Laura Geggel published
About 10 million years ago, a distant cousin of the modern walrus snapped at fish as it swam near the shore of what is now modern Japan, a new study finds.
Autopsies from Space: Who Killed the Sea Lions?
By Markus Horning published
A decade ago, we set out to unravel deep ocean crime scenes we weren’t even sure existed. The crime? Endangered Steller sea lions were rapidly disappearing in parts of Alaska.
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