Rising Mercury Levels May Contribute To Declining Steller Sea Lion Populations; International Research Team Investigates
A team of researchers from Texas A&M University and beyond has made a surprising discovery about rising mercury levels in Steller sea lion pups that may have detrimental effects on the endangered species. The team’s decade-long effort to study mercury in Steller sea lions in the Aleutian Islands — the strip of islands stretching between […]