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 ... ingest through the fish they eat, according to marine experts.

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 ...

Phoebe suffered several surface-level puncture wounds from — not a shark — but an aggressive sea lion’s bite ... and whales that eat sardines, shellfish and other fish contaminated with ...

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 ...

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 ...

A sea lion washed up on the beach just north of the ... Fish carry the toxin, but if mammals and birds eat the fish, the toxin can poison them, causing seizures, making them behave erratically ...

A 15-year-old Long Beach girl is still recovering from a sea lion attack that happened while she was swimming over the weekend.Phoebe Beltran was finishing a 1,000-yard swim on Sunday at Alamitos ...

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.

SeaWorld San Diego’s rescue team picked up a California sea lion Saturday night after it wandered ... and when birds and larger marine mammals eat affected fish or shellfish it can accumulate ...