The March incident highlights an ongoing deadly outbreak as a neurotoxin ravages wildlife in Southern California.

"I don't know how to describe the fear that gripped me in that moment." Surfer fights for survival after vicious sea lion ...

When a 20-year-old surfer named RJ LaMendola was riding the waves near the beach in Southern California, he was attacked […] ...

RJ LaMendola shared what he called “the most harrowing and traumatic experience” in all his 20 years of surfing in a March 21 post on Facebook. He was “riding the waves in solitude” about 150 yards ...

A rattled RJ LaMendola wound up in a hospital after being bitten in the left buttocks as he tried to fend off the relentless attack by the sea lion in the rare encounter off Oxnard. LaMendola was ...

One surfer recalled a scary attack that happened to him on March 21 Mario Tama/Getty Surfer Rj LaMendola said he was attacked a feral sea lion on March 21 in California. He later learned the ...

Sea lions ingest smaller creatures such as anchovies and sardines who eat the poison algae, which has bloomed seasonally in ...

“Today, I endured the most harrowing and traumatic experience of my 20 years of surfing,” photographer and explorer Rj LaMendola captioned the post while recalling the attack. The Ventura ...

But something completely unexpected attacked RJ LaMendola when he was surfing off Oxnard, California. Around 140 meters from shore, a sea lion chased him down and bit him. Showing highly erratic ...

Ventura County local Rj LaMendola was surfing at Oxnard State Beach on Friday when a sea lion suddenly “erupted from the water” and started barreling toward him, he wrote in a Facebook post. “ ...

A marine mammal nonprofit has assessed more than 200 sea lions and 10 dolphins apparently sickened with domoic acid poisoning since Feb. 19 A routine surf session for RJ LaMendola Friday morning in ...