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 ...

“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.

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 ...

For those that are up for a big adventure in California, you can take a 14-mile-round-trip day hike on this unique trail on ...

birds and other wildlife in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and the Santa Barbara Channel on a Condor Express cruise. Tourgoers describe the guides as highly informative and report ...

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 ...

and Santa Barbara is the smallest.” open image in gallery Kayaking around the Channel Islands is a popular activity for visitors (Visit Ventura) Back on dry land, I leave Ventura wanting to ...

Nearly two dozen sea lions have been rescued from Ventura and Santa Barbara beaches this past week after they were sickened by domoic acid poisoning, according to the Channel Islands Marine ...