The Atlantic Ocean has a toxic seaweed problem. Floating in brown islands of algae, this year’s sargassum bloom has already ...

Domoic acid is a naturally occurring marine neurotoxin made from certain algae. When it rains runoff from land, specifically urban and agricultural runoff, can increase nutrient input, which causes ...

Grant High Principal Rebecca McMurrin was recently named principal of the year by a magnet school association. She also has a ...

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists were in La Jolla Wednesday to investigate the carcass of a 55-foot ...

A toxic algae bloom has been killing hundreds of sea lions, dolphins, and whales along the coast of Los Angeles County. There ...

Southern California’s coastline may finally be seeing relief — as domoic acid—the toxin recently devastating marine life—begins to subside.

Rescue centers are overwhelmed as disoriented animals wash ashore, victims of a fast-growing toxin fueled by warming waters ...

Sea mammals — seals, dolphins, whales — are dying from domoic acid from early algae blooms off LA County beaches ...

Research is finding that acidification may be good for toxic algae. On top of that, we dump a lot of bad stuff in the ocean, ...

In the last reported count for the seven days from April 13 to April 19, Santa Monica Animal Control officers picked up six dead sea lions and four dolphins. Of those stranded alive, two injured ...

With an unusually high number of disoriented marine mammals sickened by a toxic algae bloom being found along Southern ...

A toxic algal bloom along the Southern California coastline has poisoned at least 130 animals in San Diego County since ...