The Channel Islands in California are one of America's wildest National Parks. Find out why they are called the Galapagos of ...

The Golden States is home to nine national parks and hundreds of thousands of miles of trail systems, making it one of the ...

Searching for dwarf foxes and cloud forests on California's Santa Rosa Island. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- For weeks, I had been promising my kids they would see baby foxes.

If the crowds are getting a bit much, then it’s high time you took a trip to the Channel Islands National Park, an undeveloped hidden gem off the coast of Southern California. Known as the Galapagos ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Inspiration Point on the island of Anacapa has the best views. Reach it on a relatively easy 1.5-mile hike that passes sweeping vistas of the ocean and inlets, and depending on ...

San Nicolas Island is possibly the most well-known of the eight Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California — even though it’s completely off-limits to visitors and doesn’t appear in any ...

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 ...

SPECIAL MEETING HAPPENING IN MARYSVILLE TODAY. WE BEGIN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AS THE PALISADES AND EATON FIRES ARE ALMOST FULLY CONTAINED. WEEKS AFTER BREAKING OUT, FIREFIGHTERS ARE NOW DEALING WITH ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Dec. 16, 2025 — Cal State Channel Islands (CSUCI) announced today the Channel Islands Tuition Promise, a landmark ...

U.S. Coast Guard Station Channel Islands boat crews meet with the Perception to pick up a man who went overboard, off Santa Cruz Island, August 3, 2024. (Photo by Carson Shevitz, BoatUS Ventura) The ...

Funding: Funding for this project and Kimberly's PhD research was provided by Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California; the Wrigley Institute for ...