Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute (CIMWI) is the volunteer-based nonprofit organization to call when you see sick, injured, malnourished, entangled, oiled, or deceased marine mammals.

These nets trap marine life indiscriminately ... a loophole allows them to be used in the some waters around the Channel Islands. "These nets are basically just walls of death," Shester said.

Earl and I went to California, and we were mugged. By whales. Three humpbacks. “Mugged” is the official term, meaning we were ...

In Southern California, sea lions are becoming ill and acting out of character. The Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute stated on their Facebook page that there are "overwhelming reports ...

Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series by longtime ocean advocate Dan Haifley on the role that national ...

The marine scientist was one of six at Channel Islands and thousands ... systems were put in place to track life on and around the islands, including a kelp forest monitoring program that started ...

A sea lion with domoic acid poisoning experiences involuntary muscle spasms as toxic algae off the coast of Southern California kills or sickens hundreds of marine mammals. Photo courtesy of Channel ...

At Channel Islands, marine scientist Kenan Chan, who surveyed the park’s kelp forests and tide pools, was fired. Channel Islands National Park has collected data through its full-time staff and ...

Zymo Research Corporation, Unravel Biosciences, Inc., and Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute (CIMWI ... that increase the frequency of harmful phytoplankton blooms, marine life, especially ...