Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People who visit California's Channel Islands National Park are rewarded with dramatic sea views, such as this one from Anacapa ...

When you think of California, you may think of places like Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Venice Beach, Silicon Valley, Napa Valley or San Francisco. But there's another side to the Golden State you'll ...

One of the nation’s least-visited offshore refuges has been compared to the Galápagos—and the best way to meet its wild residents up close is with a double-bladed paddle. When I was a rookie beach ...

As I arrived on Anacapa Island, my vision of an idyllic slice of the natural world was shattered by a loud moan — the sound of the foghorn. It surprised me. Out on San Miguel, the most remote of the ...

Point Bennett is a spit of sand and rock and crumbling cliffs, stretching out about a mile in front of us before trailing into the Pacific Ocean. We lie on our bellies at the lip of a sand dune, ...

Some 12 miles off the California coast near Ventura, the rugged volcanic ridges that form the spine of Anacapa Island, or more precisely its three closely connected islets, thrust upward from the ...

A team arrived on Santa Rosa Island to assess the fire damage, including its impact on rare plants and animals. Here's why.