mammals

The hoops are a danger to the mammals because they can get stuck around their necks, with often fatal results.

The year’s bloom was the deadliest for marine mammals since a 2015-16 outbreak that killed thousands along the Pacific coast between Alaska and Baja California.

They support more life than any other native tree species in the UK, hosting more than 2,300 species, including birds, mammals, insects, fungi, and lichens.

Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that causes kidney failure in marine mammals — notably, California sea lions, Rulli said.

Widespread marine heat waves linked to a warming ocean are contributing to the loss of kelp forests that sea otters and other marine mammals depend on.