Hundreds of endangered fish were evacuated from Topanga Creek after the devastating Palisades Fire ripped through the area.

Nearly 300 endangered Southern California steelhead trout were rescued from Topanga Creek after the Palisades Fire, as winter storms bring the threat of sediment and ash flow suffocating the ...

Why it matters: The Southern California steelhead trout survived the flames underwater, but recent rains posed a new threat — localized extinction. Only about 400 of the fish are estimated to ...

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

Steelhead are a unique form of rainbow trout. Like salmon, they spend most of their adult lives in the ocean but spawn and rear in freshwater streams and rivers. Streams along the central California ...

Endangered Southern California steelhead trout are being rescued from possible damage from the effects of the Southern California wildfires. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz reports.

Steelhead are a unique form of rainbow trout. Like salmon, they spent most of their adult lives in the ocean, but spawn in freshwater streams and rivers. Southern steelhead are survivors, adapted to ...

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 ...