Hundreds of dead sea lion pups have washed ashore along the California coast, and researchers are scrambling to understand why. The phenomenon began about two weeks ago, Daniel Costa, a professor at UC Santa Cruz, told SFGATE over the phone. “It’s concerning,” he said. “We’ve never seen anything like this.” The mystery appears to be widespread: Researchers have discovered dead pups on San Miguel Island along the Central Coast, while one of Costa’s graduate students, George Colaco, counted... Read this story
