The agency that regulates rat poison must now turn to rat poisons.

https://californiaglobe.com/section-2/calepa-building-has-a-rat-infestation-catch-and-release-isnt-working/

A rise in the number of ailing and malnourished sea lions along the California coastline has marine experts somewhat puzzled, KNTV reports.

https://amp.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article232286832.html

The mountain lions of Southern California — facing dangerous freeway traffic, lethal poisons in their prey and the continued encroachment of humans into their habitat — are threatened with extinction. The question now is how much we care and what we’re willing to do, spend or sacrifice to protect them.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-mountain-lions-listing-california-20190706-story.html?outputType=amp

Sharks abandon popular feeding areas when orcas are nearby.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/orcas-may-turn-great-white-sharks-into-scaredy-cats/

Officials in San Mateo, Calif., are reminding residents to be alert after home surveillance video captured a mountain lion prowling the neighborhood on Sunday.

https://www.foxnews.com/science/mountain-lion-california-warning.amp

For 12 years, Janet Kessler has chronicled the behavior and family life of San Francisco’s growing population of coyotes as the city itself undergoes big changes.

https://therevelator.org/coyotes-san-francisco/

A growing menace in the form of 15-pound swamp rodents is threatening Delta waterways, and the state is throwing money, hunting dogs and birth control at the invasive pests which have the potential to destroy crops and wetlands.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/16/california-pledges-millions-to-battle-enormous-destructive-swamp-rats/amp/

Growing numbers of whales, sea lions, and seals are being found stranded or dead, alarming oceanic experts.

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/as-animals-wash-up-on-west-coast-scientists-look-to-climate-change-11563888447

When dead marine life show up on the beach, it’s someone’s job to report to the sight and investigate the animal. That job in Monterey County falls to the stranding network, operated by graduate students at MLML. (The Marine Mammal Center responds to live strandings, while MLML handles dead animals.)

http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/people/831/marine-mammal-deaths-spike-in-monterey-county-and-volunteer-crews/article_df9cc398-ae74-11e9-9a70-9757e0cc8a55.amp.html

A whale-watching trip on Monterey Bay led to a “mind-blowing” photo of a sea lion momentarily trapped in the mouth of a lunging humpback whale. The sea lion later escaped: Humpback whales feed on tiny krill.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article233238066.html