Male lions that take over a new pride often kill and sometimes eat the cubs of the previous dominant male to ensure their own ...

A common neurotoxin produced by algae blooms is making California sea lions more aggressive. Here’s why it has the power to change behavior—and the danger it poses.

Lions — Male lions often kill and sometimes eat cubs that aren’t their own to bring females back into heat. Hamsters — Mothers may eat their young if they feel stressed, threatened, or if the babies ...

Fish carry the toxin, but if mammals and birds eat the fish ... coastline from San Diego to Santa Barbara, hundreds of animals — sea lions, dolphins, seabirds — are washing up on the sand ...

Here's what happens: the plankton eat the algae, and then the fish eat the plankton, and the sea lions eat the fish ... signs that we're seeing for these animals are seizures.

The animals appear to be suffering from exposure to a neurotoxin produced by algal blooms that accumulates in fish the sea lions eat. Feb. 24, 2025 Domoic acid is a neurotoxin produced by harmful ...