TOXIC waste, sharks, shipwrecks and stench are just a few of the reasons the Farallon Islands are rarely visited.  The ...

The wild and remote Farallon Islands, 27 miles off the coast of ... the 1993 legal protection of white sharks, and the creation of three California Marine Protected Areas around the islands ...

the mere presence of orcas in the water leads to a noticeable absence of great white sharks. The researchers behind the study monitored the Pacific Ocean waters off the Farallon Islands near San ...

His study has tracked white sharks from Guadalupe Island off Mexico to a vast, mid-Pacific area between Baja California and Hawaii. A similar tagging effort at the Farallon Islands west of San ...

Researchers at the Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge were treated to a rare and thrilling sight this week when at least 15 killer whales offshore went after a group of much larger humpback ...

Somewhere off Southern California, presumably, is a massive great white shark with ties to L.A. but with an island-themed name. Meet Catalina. She measures perhaps 18 feet and loves to snack on ...

The study said its conclusion was supported by white shark behavior in other parts of the world. In North America, for example, at the Southeast Farallon Islands, great white sharks have been ...

The Farallon Islands have always had proverbial dark clouds hanging over them. The rocky outcrops 28 miles west of San Francisco have long held ominous nicknames, including “Islands of the Dead” and ...

ENSENADA, MEXICO - SEPTEMBER 15: Great White Sharks seasonally gather off the coast of Guadalupe ... [+] Island; divers dive inside cages off the boat Nautilus Explorer in order to safely swim ...

The average length of the great white sharks is 13 to 16 ... There has been a reported decline in shark activity on the island, according to Farallon National Wildlife Refuge manager Gerry McChesney.