Sam Gattlin discovered the marine mammal center soon after moving to San Pedro from the U.K. Now, he comes by after work once a week to help clean up after the third feeding of the day.

Volunteers from the Marine Mammal Center release California sea lions Quly (L) and Togozees (R) back to their ocean home at Rodeo Beach in Marin County, California, on August 4, 2023.

Volunteers from the Marine Mammal Center release California sea lions Quly (L) and Togozees (R) back to their ocean home at Rodeo Beach in Marin County, California, on August 4, 2023.

Pacific Marine Mammal Center closed its doors to the public on Oct. 22. The closure is expected to last until the expansion project wraps up in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Dead whales have been reported in the San Francisco Bay Area since March 30, when a female gray whale was found dead at Black ...

A northern elephant seal pup pokes its head above the water in its enclosure at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, Calif., where it is being cared for, on Friday, June 3, 2022.

The Marine Mammal Center is not a zoo, nor is it a museum. First and foremost, it’s a functioning animal rescue and care facility, dedicated to helping the aforementioned furry sea creatures ...

A When you get to observe animals, be it birds, bears or marine mammals, you know what might happen and what they are most likely to do. But wildlife photography even in a controlled environment ...

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center in New Jersey was asking for donations this Giving Tuesday. Thanks to a surge of donations, the organization was able to raise over $49,000.