At 8 a.m., with the sun lighting the sky but not yet over the hills, a team of marine mammal rescuers climbed down on to the beach among the Piedras Blancas elephant seals. Within the hour, the seal — ...

Necklace, an elephant seal with plastic wrapped around her neck, rests on the beach at high tide on May 6, 2024. A Marine Mammal Center team was able to remove the plastic after isolating and sedating ...

A Steller sea lion that was slowly being strangled by a discarded packing strap over the past several months was freed of the entanglement by rescuers near Alert Bay this week. Veterinarian Dr. Martin ...

Aliah Meza holds a board to keep Rabble’s head away from veterinarian Heather Harris. Skin has molted off Rabble’s head, but the old skin is still on his chest. Laurie Miller The Marine Mammal Center ...