Sea Lions Content / Sea Lions Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en Sea Lion Rescued From Deadly Plastic Entanglement /climate/news/sea-lion-rescued-deadly-plastic-entanglement Dramatic footage of a rescue mission with ºÙºÙÊÓƵ' SeaDoc Society to save a Steller sea lion entangled in plastic. November 18, 2022 - 2:27pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/sea-lion-rescued-deadly-plastic-entanglement Sea lions exposed to algal toxin show impaired spatial memory /news/sea-lions-exposed-algal-toxin-show-impaired-spatial-memory <p>Brain scans and behavioral tests of California sea lions that stranded on shore show how an algal toxin disrupts brain networks, leading to deficits in spatial memory, according to a study to be published Dec. 18 in <em>Science</em>. The new findings by scientists at UC Santa Cruz, ºÙºÙÊÓƵ and the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, suggest that chronic exposure to the toxin domoic acid, produced by naturally occurring marine algae, affects sea lions' ability to navigate in their ocean habitat and survive in the wild.</p> December 14, 2015 - 11:30am IET WebDev /news/sea-lions-exposed-algal-toxin-show-impaired-spatial-memory