Visiting Southern California’s archipelago takes planning and an adventurous spirit, but it’s worth the effort.

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

From sunken ships to kelp forests to vibrant reefs, these national park experiences are as uncrowded as it gets. Here’s where to go.

California established a network of marine protected areas. MPAs cover roughly 16% of California’s state waters. A long, reddish and black sheephead wove through a maze of towering kelp in a ...

Crashing waves, glistening sea spray, a calm expanse of deep blue. These are the images that open “Ocean with David Attenborough,” the veteran broadcaster’s latest film. After decades of sharing ...

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Chan can now return to his job surveying the Channel Islands kelp forests and tide pools, as part of the park’s mission to monitor and preserve these natural resources. Since he has been reinstated, ...

the captain announces over the radio, as we cut through the inky-blue Santa Barbara Channel back ... gliding through a kelp forest under a jetty. Before visiting the Channel Islands – situated ...

For the remote national park that spans five islands off the coast of Southern California ... where Chan’s job comes in. Channel Islands National Park’s kelp forest monitoring program has ...

When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests return to areas that were destroyed by sea urchins.