SEAL BEACH, CA — Don't miss the last few and best chances this year to see one of the most unique experiences Southern California has to offer. The grunion, a small fish that rides ocean tides onto ...

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Santa Monica Beach was dark as the tide began to rise last Monday night, and all along the shore, just past the purple gleam of the Pacific Park Ferris wheel, the grunion were running. A wave crashed ...

The wiggly little grunion wash up with the waves and cover the sand, a mating ritual unique to their fish species – a nighttime spawning act that only happens at California beaches. “They are just ...

Seeing thousands of animals, collected together in the wild, is always a striking scene. But seeing thousands upon thousands of creatures in a place where they don’t belong — such as live fish ...