Scorpion Canyon Campground has 31 sites for primitive camping on Santa Cruz Island off the California coast. Sites include a food storage box, picnic table, potable water and a pit toilet.

Last April I followed an adult male island fox from the bottom of Scorpion Canyon on the southeast end of Santa Cruz Island.

A pair of bald eagles stood, a wobbly, days-old chick between them, in a nest on Santa Cruz Island off Ventura this week. The small, downy raptor hatched on March 14 at Sauces Canyon on the island ...

The birth of tortoises native to Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos increases their U.S. population from 44 to 48. A few thousand remain globally, according to estimates by experts.

A Santa Cruz Island Fox looks for lunch in the Scorpion Canyon Campground of Santa Cruz Island off the California coast on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Each of the Channel Islands has its own subspecies ...

The bright blue Island scrub jay is only found on Santa Cruz Island. Compared to its mainland cousin, the California scrub jay, it is a darker blue, larger and has a unique call.