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Orcas and Gray whales face off a half mile off Palos Verdes coast during migration [PHOTOS]

Orcas and Gray whales face off a half mile off Palos Verdes coast during migration [PHOTOS]

The call came in shortly before 10 a.m. on Jan. 4. “Orcas, orcas! We’ve got orcas!” the whale census counter at the Point Vicente Interpretive Center yelled into the phone. “And there’s a gray whale coming in too and it looks like they are on a collision path!”

Wild Things: The Masters of Motionlessness

Wild Things: The Masters of Motionlessness

It’s a statue, it’s a fake bird, no wait, is that a real bird? This is the series of thoughts that ran through my mind the first time I saw a stout, squat, perfectly still bird sitting on the Redondo [...]

Shark attack suspected in Redondo Beach [PHOTOS]

Shark attack suspected in Redondo Beach [PHOTOS]

Shark attack suspected in Redondo Beach. Read about the Redondo Beach shark attack.

Great White Shark suspected in Redondo Breakwater attack

Great White Shark suspected in Redondo Breakwater attack

A six-foot dolphin with its rib cage exposed and its entrails missing washed up on the beach at the Redondo Breakwall on Thursday. The dead dolphin was spotted by Breakwall surfer Chris Wells about 3 p.m. and photographed about an [...]

Lack of oxygen kills sardines packed in King Harbor, like sardines

Lack of oxygen kills sardines packed in King Harbor, like sardines

Hundreds of thousands of sardines swam into King Harbor early Tuesday morning and died. Boaters awoke to see a carpet of silver sardines surrounding their boats and covering the channels. “I heard what sounded like rain about 4 a.m. I [...]

Hundreds of thousands of fish found dead in Redondo’s King Harbor [PHOTOS]

Hundreds of thousands of fish found dead in Redondo’s King Harbor [PHOTOS]

Hundreds of thousands of sardines swam into Redondo’s King Harbor and were found dead early Tuesday morning. Preliminary reports indicate the fish died due to a lack of oxygen in the water. What do you think happened? Share your opinion in the comments.

Wild Things – Legless lizards slither around in the sand

Wild Things – Legless lizards slither around in the sand

In honor of the New Year and trying new things, Wild Things is stepping out of the ocean wildlife comfort zone to examine a fascinating land-dwelling, sand-loving critter called the California legless lizard. A major challenge facing legless lizards is being mistaken for a snake. So it’s time to set the record straight and raise the public profile of legless lizards with some positive PR.

Blue Whales, the largest animals on Earth [PHOTOS]

Blue Whales, the largest animals on Earth [PHOTOS]

Blue Whales, the largest animals to ever live on Earth. Photos by Carolyn Kraft, Alex Smith, Bill Frishette and John Miller.

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