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A team from the West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Network examines a minke whale found dead in Long Beach Harbor Sunday morning. The responders are covered by a NOAA Fisheries permit to approach marine mammals. Others should stay a safe distance away.

Minke whale that spent several days in Long Beach Harbor has died, officials say

Despite recent efforts by marine wildlife experts to reroute the animal to deeper waters, the minke whale was found dead on Sunday, officials confirmed.

SANTA BARBARA, CA MARCH 18, 2015 - A minke whale cruising the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary in March as a team of NOAA-led researchers are exploring the deep seafloor environment aboard the NOAA research ship Bell M. Shimada. Studying corals the team hopes to preview what oceans will be like with more acidification due to climate change on March 18, 2015. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

There’s a whale in Long Beach Harbor. Scientists helped it escape. It turned around and came back

Long Beach, California-April 1, 2025-Fifteen-year-old Phoebe Beltran 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 March 30, Phoebe Beltran was completing her swim test for the cadet junior lifeguard program near 2100 Ocean Boulevard. (KTLA)

‘I was so scared’: Sea lion bites girl repeatedly during Junior Lifeguards tryout in Long Beach

AGOURA HILLS CALIF. MARCH 31, 2025 - Construction crews began the process of placing the first layers of soil over the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing on Monday March 31, 2025. Covering the entire surface of the crossing will require about 6,000 cubic yards of soil, taking several weeks to complete. (Al Seib / For The Times)

First layers of soil to be laid on 101 Freeway wildlife crossing, the world’s largest

Cormorant in incubator.

Crews rush to save eggs belonging to birds that are often reviled

‘Feral, almost demonic’: Surge in poisoned sea lions threatens SoCal beachgoers, burdens rescuers

When Havoc the French bulldog disappeared, his owner unleashed an online army to find him

Treasured California dairies to close. Point Reyes locals say it’s conservation gone mad

Where is Sean Lowe’s dog Moose now? The family rehomed a previous dog, Gus, after a bite

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Huntington Beach, CA - March 09: CSULB Shark Lab researcher Dr. Ryan Logan spear tags a great white shark off Huntington Beach on Sunday, March 9, 2025 in Huntington Beach, CA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

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As baby great whites cruise among California surfers, science finds (almost) nothing to fear

Shark lab researchers say they have a mountain of tracking data that shows juvenile great whites, some as long as nine feet, routinely cruise among Southern California swimmers and surfers with no apparent interest.

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