A hand-constructed walkway winds to the Monarch Grove at Natural Bridges State Beach. Monarchs have used this eucalyptus grove for decades, making it California’s only state monarch ...

Monarch butterflies from the western United States have arrived in Santa Cruz and other parts of the California coast, clumping on branches of Monterey pine, coastal redwoods and eucalyptus, where ...

A brush rabbit forages in the undergrowth at Natural Bridges State Beach. While Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz is ...

SANTA CRUZ — Volunteers with the Marine Mammal Center rescued a sea lion that washed up on the beach at Natural Bridges State Beach Sunday afternoon. The Marine Mammal Center is a nonprofit ...