PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Federally protected Steller sea lions ate more salmon on average than in years past at Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River, biologists in Oregon say.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Sea lions are showing up in large numbers on the coast of central and northern California as the El Nino pushes warm water further north, residents said.
PORTLAND, Ore., May 16 (UPI) -- Six sea lions found dead in traps near a dam on the Columbia River in Oregon were killed by heatstroke, the National Marine Fisheries Service said.
BONNEVILLE , Ore., May 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service says six sea lions were shot and killed in Oregon by unknown culprits who closed the gates of two traps.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The survival of sturgeon in the Columbia River Gorge along the Washington-Oregon state line is threatened by feasting Steller sea lions.
JUNEAU, Alaska, April 23 (UPI) -- A marked fall in the number of harbor seals in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park may be due to the predatory actions of area sea lions, a report said.
LONG BEACH, Calif., July 4 (UPI) -- Two sea lions, a mother and her pup, have died from heat exhaustion at a Long Beach, Calif., aquarium.
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Federally protected sea lions have Newport Beach, Calif., under siege, boarding boats and sinking one, and loud barking through the night.
STEVENSON, Wash., April 14 (UPI) -- Scientists are trying to frighten sea lions away from the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam, to protect what is shaping up to be a weak salmon run this year.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Twice during the last four years, the number of endangered Steller sea lions counted between the Gulf of Alaska and the Aleutian Chain has increased.
