LAKE FOREST, Calif. – Authorities killed a mountain lion after it attacked and injured a 3-year-old child at a Southern California park Monday afternoon, Jan. 20, officials said.

https://fox6now.com/2020/01/20/3-year-old-child-attacked-by-mountain-lion-in-southern-california-tmw/amp/.

After nearly being hunted to extinction, California sea otters--and about 1,000 other species--find a home in Monterey County.

https://www.abc10.com/mobile/article/entertainment/television/programs/backroads/cute-california-sea-otters-find-ocean-paradise-in-moss-landing-bartells-backroads/103-abf2b33a-8256-455a-b7ab-9904ee2f3db9

As our waterways have become significantly cleaner in recent years, in large part due to successful conservation efforts, humpback whales have started to feed with regularity in places like San Francisco Bay and Boston Harbor. It's a triumphant comeback story for the whales, whose North Pacific population has grown from about 2,000 in the 1970s to more than 20,000 today.

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/478751-how-we-can-keep-the-worlds-largest-migrants-safe?amp

JACKSON, Calif. — Five California mountain lions were seen together on home surveillance video in a rare gathering of the notoriously solitary big cats.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/california/story/2020-01-15/rare-video-shows-5-mountain-lions-together-in-california?_amp=true

Gray whales are traveling with their babies off the shores of Dana Point. Watch this tranquil moment of a mother and baby calf bonding.

https://patch.com/california/sanjuancapistrano/amp/28521196/watch-gray-whale-mother-newborn-calf-snuggle-dana-point

Sea lions are increasingly living in parallel universes along the California coast, a disparity best observed amid the noisy, stinking spectacle that rolls out daily at San Francisco’s Pier 39 shopping center.

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2020-01-11/california-sea-lions-bay-area-fishermen-la-jolla?_amp=true

The reward for information on the shooting death of a Central Coast elephant seal has been raised to $20,000, highlighting a worsening confrontation between humans and certain marine mammals.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/01/10/reward-jumps-for-central-coast-elephant-seal-killing/amp/

A California sea lion discovered with two gunshot wounds was euthanized last month after an attempt to nurse her back to health, a Laguna Beach animal rescue center said Tuesday. The rescuers had named the animal Mandalorian in a nod to the “Star Wars” space opera.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-mandalorian-sea-lion-euthanized-dies-20200108-kuc5ednchvbynnfpkgswwunyyy-story.html

SACRAMENTO— In response to a petition and lawsuits from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting one of North America’s rarest mammals, the Sierra Nevada red fox, as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.

https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/sierra-nevada-red-fox-proposed-endangered-species-act-protection-2020-01-07/

Tahoe’s bears — originally drawn to populated areas by garbage and unattended ice chests — have grown bolder in their quest for human food. Entire blocks of homes and vehicles are getting ransacked each year. The bears are breaking windows, ripping doors off hinges and tearing through siding in the hopes of finding human food inside.

https://amp.sacbee.com/news/california/article238546758.html