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A 39-foot deceased gray whale washed ashore at Dockweiler State Beach in Los Angeles County on February 2, 2025.

Scientists search for answers after gray whale washes ashore in L.A., bitten and underweight

After a 38-foot-long female gray whale washed ashore at Dockweiler Beach, scientists look for a cause of death: ‘Each mortality has a story to tell.’

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

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

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

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MALIBU, CA, JANUARY 17, 2024: Citizen scientists Rebecca Ramirez and Bernard Yin, from left, join federal, state and local agencies including Alyssa Morgan, conservation biologist with the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains, right, to rescue federally endangered tidewater gobies that inhabit the Topanga Lagoon in Malibu and are threatened by effects of the Palisades fire, on Friday, January 17, 2025. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

Climate & Environment

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

More than 750 tidewater gobies were rescued from a Malibu lagoon scorched by the Palisades fire. Seared watersheds can take years to recover, experts say

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