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A fish rescue effort netted 271 fish from Topanga Creek. These were Southern California steelhead trout, the last remaining population in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Nearly 300 trout rescued from Palisades fire burn scar. Their watershed could take a decade to heal

The rescue took place just before the season’s first rainstorm, which is believed to have buried the remaining trout in mud.

GLENDALE, CA - JANUARY 30, 2025 - Eaton fire evacuee Jonni Miller holds Mr. Thelma in a rental home in Glendale on January 30, 2025. Miller and her husband Anthony Ruffin fled Altadena as fire approached, they grabbed one cat and one dog. But their second cat, Mr. Thelma, couldn't be located and was left behind. Several days later, Anthony and Jonni returned to their home, destroyed in the Eaton fire, and were surprised when Mr. Thelma greeted them. Anthony and Jonni are living with their pets in a rental home in Glendale. Mr. Thelma and the other family pets are still traumatized by the fire. Ruffin and his wife are both skid row social workers who help house the homeless. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

Column: Chickens, cats, dogs, goldfish: From the front lines of the fires, stories of survival

Oakland, California-Jan. 28, 2025-The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and brought three orphaned mountain lion cubs to Oakland Zoo for rehabilitation and care. California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) believes the mother of these three cubs was the same female lion hit by a car on Portola Valley Road about 0.3 miles from where the cubs were found. (Oakland Zoo)

Trio of mountain lion cubs rescued at Oakland Zoo after mother was likely struck, killed

An urban rat makes its way down some stairs.

Another unwelcome consequence of climate change: an explosion of urban rats

LOS OSOS, CA - JANUARY 20: Monarch butterfly on a cyprus tree at the Coastal Access Monarch Butterfly Preserve on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022 in Los Osos, CA. Decimated monarch butterfly numbers climbed slightly. A few people are trying to change the odds for the monarchs, chief among them 82-year old Kingston Leong, of San Luis Obispo, a butterfly expert who wants to make sure "the show continues after I'm gone." (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

California’s monarch butterfly population plummets; fire wipes out Topanga habitat

A second chance at triplets for Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow

A new strain of bird flu is found on a California duck farm

Opinion: Building safer cities means protecting animals too, not just humans

Hundreds of tiny endangered fish saved from Palisades burn area — in the nick of time

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PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - - Veterinary assistant Stephanie Alfaro, clockwise from left, RVT Maribel Medrano and Dr. Naomi Barney treat Canelo for burns he suffered on his paws from the Eaton fire at the Pasadena Humane Society in Pasadena on January 18, 2025. Canelo's owner, who had to evacuate the fires, brought him to Pasadena Humane Society. They have been treating his burns and change his bandages once a day since the start of the fire. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

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Burned and anxious pets fill Pasadena shelter after Eaton fire

Many who fled the flames were forced to make devastating choices about their pets. Some, terrified, hid or refused to leave. In other cases, their owners were away from home and could not safely return.

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