Richard Yao, the president of California State University, Channel Islands, since 2021, will step down on Aug. 1, following a turbulent period of enrollment decline, budget cuts and staff reductions ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People who visit California’s Channel Islands National Park are rewarded with dramatic sea views, such as this one from Anacapa ...

Just off Southern California’s coast, Channel Islands National Park is a remote paradise of rugged cliffs, turquoise coves, and wildlife found nowhere else on Earth. Accessible only by boat or plane, ...

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 ...

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 ...

For decades, scientists believed animals on islands evolved smaller brains relative to body size to save energy. But most Channel Islands foxes—tiny predators no bigger than a house cat—defied that ...

In the war of the Channel Islands, are you Team Donkey or Team Toad? These are the terms of semi-endearment the two main islands sling at each other: Guernsey-folk are les ânes (allegedly because they ...

People who visit California’s Channel Islands National Park are rewarded with dramatic sea views, such as this one from Anacapa Island’s Inspiration Point. Phil Schermeister, Nat Geo Image Collection ...