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 ...

Tour of marine protected areas shows flourishing diversity; talk with fishermen shows opposition to additions.

“It’s wonderful.” The Channel Islands are a chain of eight islands off the coast of Ventura, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles counties. Two of them, San Clemente and San Nicolas, are used by the U.S.

Although Santa Barbara Island is one of the more difficult to access, Holway recommends visiting it for some of the best views of all the Channel Islands in the park, except San Miguel.

CHANNEL ISLANDS, Calif ... The two plant species only found on the island off the Santa Barbara coast have successfully recovered their populations thanks to a collaboration amongst conservation ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The Channel Islands YMCA is excited to open the first-ever Transitional Housing Placement Program for former foster youth in Santa Barbara County. The program will house ...

These are the small and sprightly critters that call the Channel Islands home ... Approval was granted and the team at Santa Barbara Zoo, which has worked with island foxes before, took over ...

Todd Bigelow "I got to tramp the ravines in the company of the biologists and trap and release the now-thriving foxes," Boyle says of a Channel Islands visit. Pictured is Santa Barbara Island.

Spots near Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa islands — two of the five islands ... The basking sharks make rare appearances in the Santa Barbara Channel and the sighting happened in favorable ocean ...

Today, the major islands of Channel Islands National Park appear dominated by tiny foxes. They’re seemingly everywhere at times — scurrying across trails, curled up in the grass, brazenly ...