For the second summer in a row, pelicans are dying off by the dozens in Southern California, with much still to be learned about the cause.
The Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach has taken in more than 160 animals in the past week, bringing its total number of patients from 492 to 659, the organization said in a news release.
More than 50 of those animals are brown pelicans, many of whom are suffering from domoic-acid poisoning stemming from algal blooms …