Perched on stilts above the crystal-clear waters of Avalon Bay, this seafood sanctuary isn’t just a restaurant—it’s a destination that turns first-time visitors into lifelong pilgrims of the perfect ...

Eager to spend some time in the great outdoors? We asked our Nat Geo Travel Facebook fans to share their favorite trails, and their responses will have you lacing up your hiking boots before you know ...

Officials plan to exterminate all the non-native deer on Catalina Island to protect the environment. Is it the right plan, ...

We talk often in the outdoors community about the risks that wild animals, like bears, mountain lions and rattlesnakes, pose.

Catalina Island has proposed a plan to have professional hunters eliminate its deer population. Last year, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously rejected the Catalina Island ...

SANTA CATALINA ISLAND, Calif. (KESQ) - A 54-year-old man suffered shark bites today while participating in a swimming competition from Santa Catalina Island to San Pedro, authorities said. The man was ...

“There is nothing so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse,” the saying goes. Jeff Skelton would be the first to tell you that’s true. This burly cowboy with the boots, hat and dusty ...

The Catalina Island Conservancy has officially launched a new program aimed at educating the island’s residents and visitors alike about wildfire danger and prevention — with help from a new mascot ...

Catalina Island Medical Center is getting a new chief executive, who will then usher in a planned $220 million revamp of the facility. Catalina Island Health, the nonprofit that runs the 12-bed ...

There’s a beautiful moment, somewhere between Los Angeles and Avalon, when the smog turns to ocean mist. I moved to California from the UK in 2007, but it took me almost 20 years to set foot on the ...