Here is what I recommend if you choose to do a second hike: The turquoise waters around Santa Cruz Island are perfect and ...

On a predictably foggy morning in May, I boarded a ferry toward Santa Cruz Island, hoping for sun and eager to spend the day kayaking through sea caves. The sun didn’t show, but a calm, glassy ocean ...

and the importance of island scrub jays on Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Islands,” said Graham, a frequent Santa Barbara Independent contributor, who has been paddling and exploring the islands for more ...

Set at the center of the Galápagos archipelago, Santa Cruz Island serves as a central base for exploration. And skirting Santa Cruz's southern shoreline along Academy Bay is Puerto Ayora.

If you look down, you'll see the Santa Cruz Island Dudleya between some of those rocks. RASCOE: That's Heather Schneider. She's a rare plant conservation scientist, and she helped save the Santa ...