Santa Cruz Island, one of California’s Channel Islands National Park ... we visited the visitor center and historic ranch to ...

In addition to spotting wildlife, visitors come to these islands to savor the great outdoors with plentiful hiking trails, year-round camping and activities like kayaking, snorkeling, fishing and ...

Photograph by Melissa Groo, Nat Geo Image Collection Morning glories dot the hillside on Santa Cruz Island. Due to their remote location, the Channel Islands preserve many types of West Coast ...

You’ll find trails of all sorts, from quick and easy to long and challenging, on National Park Service maps ... Channel Islands National Park, dropping off guests at Scorpion Cove on Santa Cruz ...

But there’s another side to the Golden State you’ll find only off the coast: Channel Islands National ... Daily Crossword Puzzle. Popular Santa Cruz Island “is the easiest island to get ...

A disused trailhead leads to a vista of the Pacific Ocean on Santa Cruz Island in Channel Islands National Park off the coast of Ventura, Calif. (Sam Ribakoff/CNS) SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, CALIF. (CN) — ...

a pair of eagles successfully bred naturally on Santa Cruz Island in 2006. It was the first time in 50 years that happened on the Channel Islands. The next year, two nests successfully hatched ...

Two plants found only on the northern Channel Islands off Ventura have beat steep odds, rebounding to a point the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed them the endangered species list.

will paddle across the Santa Barbara Channel on a 24-mile journey to Santa Cruz Island in a traditional Chumash tomol plank canoe called Muptami, or “Deep Memories.” This crossing, planned for ...