HNGN: What's causing a record number of sea lion pups to strand in California? Scientists may have found the answer. (Photo : Flickr Commons)
Food limitation may be linked to a record sea lion pup stranding in California. As large numbers of the creatures flood local animal rescue centers, researchers are looking at why this phenomenon is currently occurring.
Booming sea lion numbers combined with declines in the highest-calorie prey around the Channel Islands breeding rookeries have left nursing...