Sentences with phrase «with sea lion pups»

Not exact matches

The results refocus the debate on the causes of sea lion pup weight loss from episodic stresses associated with El Niño years to a decadal - long trend of declining forage quality in the waters around the California Channel Island rookeries, the researchers wrote.

«Food limitation linked to record California sea lion pup strandings: New research shows a decade - long decline of sardines and anchovy associated with poor condition of sea lion pups.»

I talked with some sea lions too who told me about two young male sea lion pups who were rescued after being found stranded, malnourished and underweight.

Their life cycle is similar to their more abundant sea lion cousins, with mothers giving birth on the island in June and July, and temporarily leaving their pups on the beach as they forage for food nearby for nine months before pups are weaned in the spring.

The Marine Mammal Center is facing a crisis, with a huge influx of sick sea lion pups coming in to the facility in the last few weeks.

In September 2014, Melin and her team, along with veterinary staff from The Marine Mammal Center, visited the sea lion rookeries on the Channel Islands, a primary breeding area, to assess the pups born three months prior.

But after six weeks of care, he had doubled in size and was released back to the wild along with six other healthy sea lion pups.

Researchers have also been monitoring sea lion mothers with pups on the Channel Islands.

At Los Islotes — a steep craggy seamount leaping straight from the sea — observe a sea lion colony from the boat and skiff, or slip into a wetsuit for an early morning snorkel with curious, agile young sea lion pups.

On this route, the tall ship heads out from Channel Islands Harbor to Anacapa, where passengers are likely to see pods of dolphins along the way as well as seals and sea lions with their pups in the cliffs at the base of the island.

Current prevalence of adult Uncinaria spp. in northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) and California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) pups on San Miguel Island, California, with notes on the biology of these hookworms.

Typically, a California sea lion his age would be with his mother on the Channel Islands, a protected area that serves as the primary rookery for these animals, where thousands of mother sea lions give birth and nurse their pups for 10 - 11 months.

La Paz offers some unusual highlights, such as swimming with playful sea lion pups and the chance to see Whale Sharks (harmless plankton eaters, and the largest fish on the planet!).

Spring bursts with gardens filled with over a thousand tulips, lilies and daffodils, rhododendrons and azaleas, the annual whale migration north, the birth of sea lion pups offshore, gourmet breakfast, fresh abalone in the afternoon, and nights in the hot tub watching brilliant sunsets.

As another great feature of Gardner Bay, this is where sea lions often come with their pups.

According to the Marine Mammal Center, socializing with other species will help the sea lion pup survive in the wild.