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Sick sea lions present a mystery

Jun. 19, 2009
Fluctuating ocean conditions may be depleting the food supply of young sea lions that are turning up skinny and ill on California beaches, mirroring the fate of Brandt's cormorants earlier this spring. The animal strandings are so numerous that the newly...
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Sea lion culling in Ore. backed by judge

PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A federal judge has ruled that killing up to 85 California sea lions each year will be permitted to protect salmon at Oregon's Bonneville Dam.

Caged sea lions died of heatstroke

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.

Sea lions killed in government traps

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.

Sea lions eat endangered river sturgeon

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.

Sick sea lions in L.A. have nowhere to go

LOS ANGELES, May 10 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles Harbor is reportedly undergoing its worst toxic algae outbreak in history, rapidly overfilling animal rehabilitation centers.

Harbor seal decline linked to 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.

Answers sought in sea lion decline

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Researchers from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks and the state said they want a fuller picture about why Alaska's sea lion population is falling.

Sea lions wreak havoc on California coast

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.

Sea lions threaten sparse salmon run

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.

Steller sea lions population up in Alaska

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.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler