A team was expected to examine a dead whale that washed up near Surfers Point in Ventura. Here's what to know.

A toxin released by one of the largest algae blooms on record off the Southern California coast was linked to the deaths of a humpback whale in Huntington Beach and a minke whale in Long Beach. The findings released Wednesday by the Pacific Marine Mammal Center follow necropsy results on the two whales,

One of the largest harmful algae blooms recorded along the Southern California coast has led to the illness and death of thousands of marine mammals and birds in recent months.