California sea lion Luce gave birth to her second pup, Nessie, on June 25 after an 11-month pregnancy. Nessie, named after the mythical Loch Ness monster, is the third pup born at Blair Drummond ...

The sea lions will likely join nearby communities in Oceanside or La Jolla, or swim up north to other populations off.

These sea monsters grew upwards of 40 feet (12 meters ... eight motion to fly through the water much as seals and sea lions do today. In some cases hundreds of stones, called gastroliths, have ...