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.

This research was conducted by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences) and the University of Adelaide. Funding for this research was provided by the National ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. What does Celia the California sea lion eat at the National Zoo? This video was created for the Get a Head Start with the Smithsonian (GHSS) ...

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 ...

PINNIPED PREDATION OF chinook has been a topic of heated anecdotal discussion and debate for decades. With chinook stocks diminished and recreational fisheries constrained by low runs, a recently ...

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 ...