News tagged with california sea lions

Healthcare for the US Navy's animal warriors could help people stay healthier

Military patrol dogs with your keen sense of smell, step aside. The U.S. Navy has enlisted the biological sonar and other abilities of bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions to protect harbors from enemy swimmers, detect ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two salmon-eating sea lions killed at Bonneville Dam

(AP) -- A Washington state wildlife spokesman says two salmon-eating California sea lions have been captured this week at Bonneville Dam and killed by lethal injection.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reports of sea lion shootings on rise in Calif.

(AP) -- The weak and woozy California sea lion found on a San Francisco Bay-area beach in December with buckshot embedded in its skull has become an all-too-common sight for wildlife officials.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Where did SF Bay's sea lions go? Try Oregon Coast

(AP) -- Hundreds of sea lions that abruptly blew out of San Francisco Bay's Pier 39 last Thanksgiving have apparently found a new home at another tourist attraction - 500 miles north on the Oregon coast.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Sea lions killed, but Columbia salmon toll rises

(AP) -- Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1