Even from afar, the large grove of green trees stands out against the landscape of Santa Rosa Island. Their lush color and distinct height distinguish them from the island’s otherwise shrub-filled and often dry, grassy coastal hillsides. The swath of ...

Just an hour-long ferry ride from the coast of southern California is the only place in the world you can see what might also be one of the world’s cutest apex predators: the island fox. This small gray fox — roughly the size of a large cat —is the ...

Fire on Santa Rosa Island in Channel Islands national park becomes state’s largest this year and threatens rare plants