Surfers at Newport Beach in Southern California had to make a sudden and unexpected escape—not from crashing waves, but from a sea lion acting aggressively in the water. According to a report by FOX ...

Notable sightings include a trio of humpback whales observed off Pendennis Point in Falmouth, drawing hundreds of spectators.

Taken together, the deaths have raised the specter of past “unusual mortality events” that caused whales to die in ...