Instead, consider Channel Islands National Park. Set 25 miles off the coast of Southern California, it is known as the Galapagos Islands of North America thanks to its unique ecosystem and natural ...

In addition to spotting wildlife, visitors come to these islands to savor the great outdoors with plentiful hiking trails, year-round camping and activities like kayaking, snorkeling, fishing and ...

For hundreds of years, Jerseymen made a living from the sea. In the 18th and 19th Centuries, Jersey merchants established a commercial stronghold in Canada and grew rich from their control of cod ...

Due to their remote location, the Channel Islands preserve many types of West Coast flora and fauna. Photograph by Phil Schermeister, Nat Geo Image Collection A blue island scrub jay perches on a ...

In 1942, they brought hundreds of slave and forced workers to the island to expand the defences - many which dated to the Napoleonic Wars. All along the coast they laboured with concrete and steel to ...

Credit: PA A 1,000 MW offshore wind farm could be built off Jersey's south west coast ... Don't miss Channelcast - the Channel Islands current affairs podcast brought to you by ITV News: ...

Located just off the coast of France but attached to the British Crown, Jersey is the biggest of all the Channel Islands. Here's all you need to know about the island, which has long been a ...

A pilot and a passenger who were stranded in the sea after their plane crashed off the coast of Jersey ... lifeboats Ports of Jersey’s pilot boat ‘Rival’, Channel Islands Air Search, and ...

Sir Walter Raleigh, Governor of Jersey 1600-1603, took an active interest in promoting Jersey trade in Newfoundland cod as part of his enthusiasm for American colonisation, and later in the 17th ...