Shortly after that, ranchers moved in. Santa Rosa Island was filled with cattle, sheep and horses by 1844, and by 1870, Santa Cruz Island was filled with 50,000 sheep.

A Santa Cruz Island Fox passes a raven on Santa Cruz Island off the California coast on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Each of the Channel Islands has its own subspecies of the fox that are found nowhere ...

SANTA CRUZ ISLAND — About 8,500 acres of rugged hiking trails, expansive ocean vistas and sun-kissed beaches off the Ventura County coast became public property Wednesday in a scenic ceremony ...

A bald eagle baby is seen being fed its first meal after it hatched April 2 in the Fraser Point area of Santa Cruz Island. Screengrab from the Institute for Wildlife Studies and Explore.org live ...

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 ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Volunteers across local organizations and businesses helped clean nearly 5,800 pounds of waste from the Chinese Harbor on Santa Cruz Island on Monday.

RASCOE: That's Heather Schneider. She's a rare plant conservation scientist, and she helped save the Santa Cruz Island Dudleya, which was listed as threatened in 1997.

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.

A hiker passes Delphine’s Grove on Santa Cruz Island off the California coast on Monday, May 5, 2025. The grove was started by Delphine Claire, the daughter of an early investor and farming family on ...