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A sea lion — now named Freeway for his adventurous spirit — was rescued by the SeaWorld Rescue Team from a storm drain in National City.

Thanks to rehabilitation by the SeaWorld San Diego Rescue Team, the sea lion that was spotted on a San Diego freeway in January is back in the ocean after roughly a month of treatment.

The wayward sea lion that made headlines last month for mysteriously ending up on a San Diego freeway far from home has been released back into the ocean, it was announced Friday.

The wayward sea lion that made headlines for ending up on the side of a San Diego freeway is back in his hometown – the ocean.

The marine mammal that was rescued Friday morning after it managed to wander all the way to state Route 94 not far from Interstate 15 is being cared for at SeaWorld and is “alert, eating well, active and exhibiting normal sea lion behavior.”

SeaWorld rescue team members were able to rescue the critter using three large nets

A wayward sea lion was rescued Friday morning after it managed to wander to the side of a freeway near San Diego’s Fairmount Park neighborhood and marine wildlife rescuers say this wasn’t the first time the animal was spotted in a peculiar place.

SeaWorld San Diego’s rescue team freed a sea lion on Friday whose head became stuck on a buoy floating in San Diego Bay.

SeaWorld San Diego rescued the distressed animal after it got its head stuck in a buoy.

A sea lion was back home in the Pacific Ocean waters Monday after a long recovery from a severe shark bite wound as well as domoic acid poisoning, according to the Marine Mammal Center.

A California sea lion who somehow ended up at a North Bay car dealership last week was rescued and is being treated at a nearby marine mammal facility.

A lost sea lion took over a road in Washington state, and it took multiple agencies an hour to get it off land and back into the water.

A sea lion rescued in Newport Beach after it was shot with a pellet gun mid-December had to be euthanized, the Pacific Marine Mammal Center said Tuesday.  The one-and-a-half-year-old female sea lion was discovered Dec. 16, 2019, at the Wedge. Rescuers found her in distress and suffering from two wounds; one was an abscess on her dorsal back, and was…

A sea lion pup was in critical condition but “still feisty” after it fell more than 30 feet from a footbridge onto a highway in California, officials said. The 33-pound pup, now named “Lords-a-Leaping,” was dehydrated and emaciated when it was rescued Monday evening in Laguna Beach by staff from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center, The Orange County Register reported….

Oh, baby! A sea lion caused quite the disruption to bikers in Coronado when she gave birth to a new pup Wednesday morning.  The new mom delivered a healthy California Sea Lion pup on a Silver Strand bike path before sunrise, SeaWorld San Diego officials said. The two cuddled together on the edge of the path and cones were set...

NBC 7’s Danielle Radin talks to experts in San Diego about how to avoid a sea lion attack.

A video that has now gone viral, which shows a little girl being pulled into the water by a sea lion in British Columbia, is being looked at by local experts as an example of what not to do near marine mammals.

A sea lion with a “vicious” wound has been appearing at a Ventura County marina over the weekend, concerning some people who have seen it.