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, ...

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 ...

Evaluation of the main hypotheses proposed for the causes of decline and failure to recover of the western Steller sea lion population depends on understanding how food web linkages affect sea lions.

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists found that Australian sea lion pups may learn how to hunt by watching their mothers during ocean foraging trips.

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 ...

There are three extant families of pinnipeds—the otariids (sea lions and fur seals), phocids (true seals), and odobenids (walruses). Steller sea lions are members of the Otariidae family. The otariids ...