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Milky seas are a rare bioluminescent phenomenon where vast areas of the ocean glow at night, sometimes for months. This glow, likely caused by Vibrio harveyi bacteria, has been reported by sailors for ...

So every day the ocean is washing up and lapping those contaminants into the sea," Quinn said ... is animals are eating fish that have consumed algae containing a toxin called domoic acid.

RELATED: California family recounts sea lion attack linked to toxic algae poisoning “I was just so scared, so shocked, but I still felt the immense pain on my arms, like, over and over again ...

Sea lions do not often attack humans, but a slew of recent assaults points to an algae that scientists say is poisoning the animals — and making them more aggressive. This algae releases a ...

The algae were retrieved from sediment cores taken 240 meters below the sea surface during a 2021 expedition to the Eastern Gotland Deep. These dormant cells had entered a low-energy state ...

“She’s got this. She’s a swimmer in water polo, this is a walk in the park for her,” Bibi Beltran, 52, told her husband Sunday afternoon on March 30, as the pair watched their 15-year-old ...

“She’s got this. She’s a swimmer in water polo, this is a walk in the park for her,” Bibi Beltran, 52, told her husband Sunday afternoon on March 30, as the pair watched their 15-year-old ...

It was at the ER that Sophie learned she had been attacked by a sea lion, their aggression likely a symptom of domoic acid poisoning from toxic algae, according to her doctor. “A sea lion isn’t ...

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 ...