Federal regulators plan to reevaluate fishing closure boundaries established to protect endangered Steller sea lions in Alaska, part of a national Trump administration push to cut regulation of U.S.

Scientists and tourists alike have been amazed by the massive sea lion hanging out on a San Francisco pier. The species can grow nearly twice the size of California sea lions. "Chonkers," a Steller ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A massive sea lion nicknamed 'Chonkers' is turning heads - and drawing crowds - at San Francisco's Pier 39 after being spotted ...

A 2,000-pound visitor has turned San Francisco’s Pier 39 into a must-see attraction. Chonkers - a Steller sea lion roughly three times the size of the California sea lions that typically gather there ...

A roughly 2,000-pound Steller sea lion nicknamed 'Chonkers' has become a viral sensation at San Francisco's Pier 39, towering over the smaller California sea lions that usually occupy the docks.

Congress weighs expanding seal killings after the seal pup's euthanasia sparks renewed debate over salmon recovery.

Two massive Sea Lions have claimed San Francisco's iconic Pier 39 as their own, sending many of the smaller seals and sea lions who usually frequent these floating docks scrambling. As this viral ...

Steller sea lions in the endangered western stock live throughout the Gulf of Alaska (west of ~144° W), Aleutian Islands, and eastern Bering Sea (Figure 2.1). Climate variability and oceanic responses ...

A rare Steller sea lion named "Chonkers" has become a social media sensation after taking up residence at Pier 39 for over a month. Weighing nearly 2,000 pounds, the animal is twice the size of the ...

Two paradoxes permeated the committee’s discussion. First, the available behavioral and physiological evidence for the 1990s suggests that individuals in the declining western stock of Steller sea ...