The wild and remote Farallon Islands, 27 miles off the coast of San Francisco, offer daily proof of nature’s ebbs and flows.

(Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) “These challenging budgets have required us to pull back on important partnerships and conservation work,” she said. Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge ...

The wild and remote Farallon Islands, 27 miles off the coast of San Francisco, offer daily proof of nature’s ebbs and flows. The changes, unseen by most, are dramatic. California sea lions have ...

The water temperatures hovered in the high 40s Fahrenheit at the onset, and she was stung by a jelly on two occasions.

I believe the swim between the Farallon Islands and the mainland is the toughest marathon swim in the world,' said Evan Morrison of Sydney, co-founder of the Marathon Swimmers Federation. ' ...

Amy Appelhans Gubser, 55, a paediatric nurse from Pacifica, California, completed the gruelling feat of endurance from San Francisco to the Farallon Islands in 17 hours. The route marks “the ...

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"My husband and I joked all the time when we're on a hike walking our dogs and we see the Farrlon Islands, I just look at him and I say, 'You know I can swim there,'" Gubser told CBS News Bay Area ...

This debut novel follows a grief-stricken woman who takes a job tagging sharks around the Farallon Islands off the coast of ...