Sea lion attacks are not a common occurrence, but they are rising, with two alone happening recently in Southern California. Phoebe Beltran, 15, had to go to a hospital after she was attacked by ...

And many are dying. Pheobe Beltran, a 15-year-old girl in Long Beach, was swimming on March 30, when a sea lion attacked her right arm. “I was just so scared, so shocked, but I still felt the ...

Phoebe Beltran immediately screamed for help, which is when the animal -- she later found out was a sea lion -- let go of her arm. Phoebe Beltran, 15, was attacked by a sea lion in Long Beach ...

A 15-year-old girl was attacked during her swim test in Long Beach by a sea lion sickened by a recent toxic algae bloom, according to the girl’s family. On Sunday, Phoebe Beltran was completing ...

KTLA 5 (2) A 15-year-old girl was attacked by a sea lion during a lifeguard tryout in Long Beach, Calif., authorities said. According to ABC affiliate WPVI-TV and NBC affiliate KTLA-TV ...

A sea lion washed up on the beach just north of the Ferris wheel. It was alive but gravely ill and in a disoriented, near-comatose state. On the other side of the pier, another sea lion lay in the ...

Over the weekend, a 15-year-old girl endured a terrifying attack by an aggressive sea lion during her swim test for the cadet lifeguard program in Long Beach, leaving her with bites, scratches and ...

An Australian sea lion was found dead along Adelaide's North-South Motorway early this morning. An animal believed to be the same one was spotted in the area on Sunday by drivers, who tried to ...

Please, don’t take off my arm, and please, don’t kill me.’” The teen was instead met with a hostile sea lion, a marine animal that can weigh up to 700 pounds and measure up to six feet.

A 15-year-old was hospitalized with several cuts and scratches after she was attacked by a sea lion in Southern California during her junior lifeguard cadet trial, local media outlets reported.

SFGATE continues to report how Beltran received bites and scratches to her arm and hand thanks to the sea lion, but fortunately didn’t sustain any serious injuries. As for the reason behind the ...