Left alone by humans, wildlife returns to the Eaton Fire burn area

Wildlife Returns to Site of Devastating Southern California Wildfire

Hibernating tortoises wake up months after surviving Eaton Fire

By Rina Nakano Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — In early January, the Eaton Fire destroyed the Eaton Canyon Nature Center and nearly all its beloved animals. Luckily, two slumbering desert tortoises survived thanks to the help of a longtime animal lover. Kenia Estrella has been working with animals since she was 17 years old. “I started with Los Angeles County as a youth worker in the summer of 2013,” she said. For t…

Left alone by humans, wildlife returns to the Eaton Fire burn area

Four months after the Los Angeles area wildfires tore through the Angeles National Forest and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses in Altadena, wildlife is returning to the Eaton Fire burn area and scientists are closely tracking them.

Left alone by humans, wildlife returns to burn area

LOS ANGELES — Behind the remains of a town scorched by fire, the foothills are lush with new green and filled with birdsong.

Behind the remains of a city burned by fire, the foothills are lush with a new green and filled with bird singing. Wildlife returns to the burns area of Eaton's fire and scientists follow it almost four months after the forest fires in Los Angeles torn the forest [...]